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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7105

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:

85.1267

Owner's name for the quilt:

9 Patch

When was the form filled out?

5/22/1985

Quilt top made by:

Ross, Elizabeth Wilson

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Daughter Ellen Ramsey Ross helped make the top

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Dearborn

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

c1880

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Dearborn

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

McFadden

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1900

Number of children:

7

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.29

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:

She willed the family house, contents and land to the City of Dearborn in 1950. Mary Elizabeth Ross

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Ross, Elizabeth Wilso. 9 Patch. c1880. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7105. Accessed: 03/29/24

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