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:

85.1358

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flying Geese

When was the form filled out?

6/30/1985

Quilt top made by:

Strong, Helen

Quilted by:

Strong, Helen

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ithaca

Where the quilt was made, county:

Gratiot

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1981

When was the quilt finished?

1981

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ithaca

Quiltmaker's county:

Gratiot

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kellogg

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/28/1914

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Alma College, Foreign

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Nondenominational

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Kellogg, Keith

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Eicher, Harriet (Hattie)

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German French

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

6/13/1936

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

Strong, Delbert

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

Irish

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

Farmer

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 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

I make quilts because I enjoy creating something useful and beautiful that will be in use long after I am gone from this world. I find it a soothing tranquilizing pastime and I hope to do it for many years. Once made a special appliqued wedding quilt showing bride and groom, church, cradle.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

94"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

5 1/2", 6 1/4"

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:

2

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics came from scraps from other quilts.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Traditional pattern variation

Source of the information on this quilt:

Grandson of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Jo Lynn and Mark Strong

Quilt owner's city:

Ashley

Quilt owner's county:

Gratiot

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Various appliques and California oakleaf (old pattern that varies but basic elements are the same). Old fashioned patterns. I do not like kits, and I enjoy picking out my own colors and choosing or adapting a pattern from a picture.

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

Amish women deliberately make mistakes because they believe only God is perfect.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum