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:

85.1348

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sunbonnet Girl

When was the form filled out?

7/1/1985

Quilt top made by:

Abshagen, Muriel H.; Nielson, Minnie Brinkman

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Detroit

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

1937

When was the quilt finished?

1970

Details about why the quilt was made:

It was a summertime project while I was in high school.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Maple Rapids

Quiltmaker's county:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Brinkman

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopalian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Clerical and housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Brinkman, Henry E.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Nielsen, Minnie Brinkman

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

11/29/1944

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

Abshagen, Albert W.

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

English, German

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

Salesman

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Muriel H. Abshagen

Quilt owner's city:

Maple Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Clinton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Mother Minnie Brinkman Nielson, helped make the top.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum