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:

85.1324

Owner's name for the quilt:

Wild Goose Chase

When was the form filled out?

7/11/1985

Quilt top made by:

Freeman, Bessie A.

Quilted by:

Freeman, Bessie A.

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ypsilanti

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washtenaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1919

Why was the quilt made?

Baby or crib

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made while expecting her first child.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Dearborn

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Breining

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1888

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1978

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German, her grandparents came to the US in the 1830s and settled in Freedom, MI

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

Freeman, Flavius

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

School teacher, taught in 1 room schoolhouse near home in Ypsilanti

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

30"

How long is the quilt?

38"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the type of inscription:

A note found pinned to the quilt.

What is inscribed on the quilt?

"This baby quilt is only 45 years old but the prints are very old."

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

That old material most probably belonged to her German grandmother who had died in 1866.

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

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.46-7

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:

Bessie A. Breining Freeman, donor

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

It was handed down to Bessie by way of her aunt Tine Tindall.

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