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:

85.1328

Owner's name for the quilt:

Wheel of Fortune

When was the form filled out?

7/23/1985

Quilt top made by:

Jackson, Louisa A.

Quilted by:

Jackson, Louisa A.

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:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1930s

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 birth date:

1873

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1959

Quiltmaker's occupation:

owner and operator of a bird store in Detroit where they sold canaries, parrots, also cared for other people's birds while they were vacationing

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

family came from England via Canada

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

Jackson, Hiram

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

owner and operator of a bird store in Detroit where they sold canaries, parrots, also cared for other people's birds while they were vacationing

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73"

How long is the quilt?

89"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Describe the repairs:

Sateen mended by machine

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

48

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

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

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p 52

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:

Dorothy Butler, niece, 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