QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7150

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:

85.1310

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tumbling Blocks

Quilt top made by:

Haight, Amanda

Quilted by:

Haight, Amanda

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?

1880s

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Canfield

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1848

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Sodus, NY

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1869

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

Haight, James

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

78"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What color is the back of the quilt?

Blue or Navy

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

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

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.25

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:

Floyd Haight, grandson, donor

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