QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1333

Owner's name for the quilt:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Most "Sunbonnet Sue" quilts are applique. The "Sunbonnet Sue" quilts have no face and therefore display no emotional expression. Sunbonnet Sue figures have been used a the subject of greeting cards and cleansing powder ads. "Overall Boys" accompany thses quilts and have also been quilted by Mrs. Cross.

When was the form filled out?

8/12/1985

Quilt top made by:

Cross, Evelyn L.

Quilted by:

Cross, Evelyn L.

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Bardstown

Where the quilt was made, county:

Nelson

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kentucky (KY)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1960s

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Colors of material, not design, were chosen to represent Ms. Whilhite's sorority.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Bardstown

Quiltmaker's state:

Kentucky (KY)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Lewis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/15/1911

Quiltmaker's educational background:

College graduate, BS degree

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Elementary school teacher, retired

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Lewis, Ed. W.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Negro

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Lewis, Letha Thompson

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Negro

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Negro

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

Remodeling Contractor

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Piecing quilts have been a hobby of mine for many years. She has pieced a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for each of her two granddaughters.

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Another quilt

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Bobbye Wilhite

Quilt owner's city:

Birmingham

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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