QUILT INDEX RECORD
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