QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

85.1295

Owner's name for the quilt:

Autograph or Memorial quilt

When was the form filled out?

7/11/1985

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Young Women's Missionary Circle of Evangelical Church of Dearborn,

If the quilt was made by a group, when did the group start?

1919

If this quilt was made by a group, describe activities the group engaged in:

Women customarily sewed together for people in need.

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:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1919

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's city:

Dearborn

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilting activities began in church member's homes about 1905

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Signatures

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

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

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.47-8

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Ladies Aid Society of Evangelical Church of Dearborn, Good Sheperd United Methodist, 1930s, stitching on a Grandmother's Flower Garden around a quilting frame with a Salvation Army man looking on.

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)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Donated by E.C. Howe

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

Some of the original donors have descendents still active in the church today who, when shown the quilt in 1980, recognized names and handwriting.

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