QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7183
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1341
Quilt's title:
My Mother's Little Star
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Sawtooth Star
Brackman # or other source & #:
2138d
When was the form filled out?
10/1/1984
Quilt top made by:
Garlock, Rebecca
Quilted by:
Garlock, Rebecca
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, city:
started in Herikimer, NY
Where the quilt was made, county:
finished in
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1850-1875
When was the quilt started?
ca 1838
When was the quilt finished?
ca 1850'S
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Lansing
Quiltmaker's county:
Ingham
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Barringer
Quiltmaker's birth date:
8/7/1824, Herkimer County, NY
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Rural
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
10/29/1893
Quiltmaker's educational background:
elementary school?
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Barringer, _____
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German
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:
8
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
6
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
84.5"
How long is the quilt?
86"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Damage:
Stains
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Star Quilt, My Mothers Little Star, 342 pieced blocks, 17 pieces each block, 2394, 342, 5814 pieces, 306 white squares, 350 half white squares, 6500 pieces in quilt, This quilt is several years older than I am - some of the pieces date back to 1838 or longer when Ma began to piece the blocks - finished and quilted after she was married. Married Aug. 12, 1847. This quilt was pieced by Mrs. John Garlock (Rebecca), mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Rice and Grandmother of Don Garlock. Mrs. Elizabeth Rice wrote the above notes and dates of her mothers quilt. The late Mrs. John Galock of Watertown.
Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:
Mrs. Libby Garlock Rice left a note attached to the quilt
Describe where the inscription was found:
attached to the quilt
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
342 pieced blocks, 306 white blocks, 350 white half blocks, total 6500 pieces
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Chintz
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
5
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
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?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
12
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
13
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Heart, X
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts, figure 7. p. 22.
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Marilyn Maier Smith
Quilt owner's city:
Grand Ledge
Quilt owner's county:
Eaton
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Mrs. John Garlock to daughter Libby Garlock Rice to niece and nephew Don and Watie Garlock, Watie Garlock to daughter Ruth Garlock Maier to daughter Marilyn Maier Smith
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Some pieces date to 1838 or earlier, but the quilt was not finished until after her 1847 marriage
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Who photographed this quilt?
Peter Glendinning
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Garlock, Rebecc. My Mother's Little Star. ca 1850'S. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7183. Accessed: 03/28/24
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