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:

85.1216

Owner's name for the quilt:

Blue Morning Glory

When was the form filled out?

3/3/1986

Quilt top made by:

Opfer, Mary Elaine

Quilted by:

Opfer, Mary Elaine

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?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Sandusky, Friendship Twp.

Where the quilt was made, county:

Erie, Emmet

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1972

When was the quilt finished?

1975

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Grand Ledge

Quiltmaker's county:

Eaton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1836

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

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

O'Neil, John

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

farmer

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

98"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

1 3/4"

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

4"

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

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?

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:

7

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Material was purchased at Lake St. Fabric Store, Petoskey, MI

Describe the source of the pattern:

Only the blocks were a kit. Lattices and borders were designed by quilter, morning glory.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Helen M. Kalchik

Quilt owner's city:

Petoskey

Quilt owner's county:

Emmet

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum