QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7075
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1206
Owner's name for the quilt:
Bars
When was the form filled out?
6/20/1985
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
1880-90
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
72"
How long is the quilt?
84"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Damage:
Wear to edge or binding
Describe the quilt's layout:
Vertical strip
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by vertical strips
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Silk
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
Many
How is the binding made?
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Unis Engle Southwell
Quilt owner's city:
Suttons Bay
Quilt owner's county:
Leelanau
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Inherited by Unis Southwell from her maternal grandparents estate in 1963 from Mattawan, MI, Emma and Lewis E. Towers
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Bars. 1880-90. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7075. Accessed: 03/29/24