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:

85.1355

Owner's name for the quilt:

Double Irish Chain

When was the form filled out?

6/28/1985

Quilt top made by:

Van Alstine, Sophia

Quilted by:

Van Alstine, Sophia

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:

Vernon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shiawassee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1875

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Vernon

Quiltmaker's county:

Shiawassee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

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

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

United Methodist Church, Swartz Creek, MI

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dorothy Meier

Quilt owner's city:

Swartz Creek

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Vivian Meier, granddaughter, Dorothy Meier great granddaughter-in-law

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