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:

85.1213

Owner's name for the quilt:

Wild Goose Chase

When was the form filled out?

6/20/1985

Quilt top made by:

Mason, Harriet M.

Quilted by:

Mason, Harriet M.

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Flint

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1977

When was the quilt finished?

1977

Details about why the quilt was made:

For my son for Christmas, he chose the colors

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Petoskey

Quiltmaker's county:

Emmet

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Estes

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Received all my schooling in Flint, graduated from Flint Central in 1942.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Belong to Davison Baptist Church, now go to Bay Shore Presbyterian Church

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Estes, Alfred

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

AuSable Chassom, NY

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Estes, Florence C. McAfee

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

Canada

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Scottish

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

Mason, Harold G.

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

Born in England, raised in Flint

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

Blue print draftsman and division head until 1978

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

I have made quilts to leave a little of myself behind. I believe our children should have something of tradition, family ties to be handed down from one generation to another. Quilting is a perfect pass time, quiets ones nerves and disciplines one, it teaches new skill, color planning, pattern selection, different stitches, different techniques and a self satisfaction of accomplishment.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

St. Andrews Chuch Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Flint, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

The group quilted quilts for money making project for church.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Harriet M. Mason

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1977

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

36

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1 3/4"

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Elongated Circles

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Ronald Mason

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Blanc

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

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

So many, probably pieced ones over appliqued

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

One does not do a perfect quilt as to offend God, don't quilt on Sunday.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum