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:

85.1221

Owner's name for the quilt:

Feathered Star

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1890

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

89 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

91"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

9

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1 pieced

Describe the borders:

5 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight 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:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

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?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mary Vincent, Muskegon, MI

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

Quilter was from Washington state and this quilt was completed before she was married at age 21.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum