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:

85.1340

Owner's name for the quilt:

Delectable Mountians with Wild Goose Border

When was the form filled out?

10/20/1984

Quilt top made by:

Maier, Marie

Quilted by:

Maier, Marie

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

c1880

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kreiger

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/24/1869

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/6/1918

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Kreiger, Rev. Jacob

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Reinhardt, Margaret

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

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

Maier, Fred C.

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

German

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

farmer

Number of children:

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

72"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Sashing width:

1 3/4"

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

2 1/4",5 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Grand Ledge Area Historical Society Home Tour, Grand Ledge, MI, 12/1-2/1984

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lori Brinkley

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Lawrence and Ruth Maier received quilt from ? (not sure which relative). They gave it to their daughter Arlene Maier Brinkey (deceased). Her husband Richard Brinkey gave it to daughter Lori Brinkey.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum