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:

85.1350

Owner's name for the quilt:

Broken Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Star of Bethlehem, Blazing Star, Diadem Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

4007.5

When was the form filled out?

7/2/1985

Quilt top made by:

Bancroft, Velma

Quilted by:

Bancroft, Velma

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Maple Rapids

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clinton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

Fall 1982

When was the quilt finished?

2/1983

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Husband picked out the pattern and it was made for him

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Maple Rapids

Quiltmaker's county:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Groves

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/19/1914

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school graduate

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife, nurse's aid, postmaster

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Groves, Adelbert

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

French Canadian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Murphy, Cora Bell

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

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

English

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

Salesman

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

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

Because I enjoy making them and giving them to my family and special friends.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

To Wilbur from Velma

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

Feb. 19-1983

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan State University Museum

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 215, page 135.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Velma L. Bancroft

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

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