QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1210

Owner's name for the quilt:

Colonial History Quilt

When was the form filled out?

7/1985

Quilt top made by:

Foster, Mrs. Ernest F.

Quilted by:

Willis, Charlotte

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Sister Mildred Banhagel, Lansing, MI helped with the embroidered blocks.

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lansing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ingham

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

1920

When was the quilt finished?

1953

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Charlevoix

Quiltmaker's county:

Charlevoix

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Banhagel

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/23/1902

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School and Business College

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Secretary

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Banhagel, Theophil F.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Banhagel, Anna M. Sheehan

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/26/1926

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Foster, Jr., Ernest F.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Irish English

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Army Officer, Friend of Court

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

99"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

16"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics purchased at J.C. Penney's.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Newspaper

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Pattern published in Capitol News, Lansing, MI in 1920s

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Petoskey Historical Festival, Terrace Inn, Bay View, MI, June 1985

Contests entered:

Traverse City Fair, 1958

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mrs. Ernest F. Foster

Quilt owner's city:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's county:

Charlevoix

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilt starts with The Norsemen, goes through Indian Fighters, Columbus, Balboa discovers Pacific, Pocahontas - John Smith, Priscilla Alden, Spanish Missions, Minute Men, George Washington at Valley Forge and 13 stars flag made by Betsy Rose of Philadelphia, PA

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Double Wedding Ring, Flower Garden

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum