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12-8-7186

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1344

Owner's name for the quilt:

Mother's Flower Garden

When was the form filled out?

9/22/1984

Quilt top made by:

Maier, Ruth

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:

Lansing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ingham

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1930

When was the quilt finished?

1932

Details about why the quilt was made:

Her wedding to be used as a spread.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Garlock

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/15/1909

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/12/1981

Quiltmaker's educational background:

high school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist - Lutheran

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Garlock, Don Charles

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Waldo, Watie Rosetta

Quiltmaker's mother'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:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

For her own personal use.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

88"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

3,400 pieces

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain 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

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

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?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10 IN 7/8"

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10 IN 3/4"

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Flower fabrics from family clothing, borders from material bought in dime store in Lansing (Grants) and Grand Ledge.

Describe the source of the pattern:

She used a metal pattern to draw around, don't know where she copied it from.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Loraine Maier Kelsey

Quilt owner's city:

Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

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

Cite this Quilt

Maier, Rut. Mother's Flower Garden. 1932. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7186. Accessed: 03/29/24