QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7097

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1258

Owner's name for the quilt:

Dresden Plate, sunflower variation

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:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1932

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of borders:

There is a calico border around each appliqued block, with solid color sashes seperating these larger blocks

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Contests entered:

First Methodist Church, Dearborn, MI, 10/19/1932, First prize, blue ribbon

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Dearborn Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Dearborn

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Anonymous dono

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum