QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7085

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1217

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hearst and Flowers

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:

Friendship Township

Where the quilt was made, county:

Emmet

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1985

When was the quilt finished?

1985

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Harbor Springs

Quiltmaker's county:

Emmet

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Pluckhorn

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/28/1919

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school graduate

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Legal Secretary, retired

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Pluckhorn, Charles J.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German Irish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Pluckhorn, Esther V. Lambour

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

French German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/22/1948

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

Opfer, Jr., John

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

German

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

Excavating contractor, retired

Number of children:

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?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

102"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/2"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

4 1/2", 3 1/2", 2 1/2"

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

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, decorative motifs:

Floral

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Hearts

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Most of the materials were from decorator fabric swatches given by an interior decorator friend.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Another quilt

Describe the source of the pattern:

Copy of Hearts and Flowers quilt made by same quilter from a kit

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum