QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7201

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1360

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flower Garden

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

When was the form filled out?

7/2/1985

Quilt top made by:

Stark, Bertha

Quilted by:

Stark, Bertha

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:

Springport

Where the quilt was made, county:

Eaton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1920

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Springport

Quiltmaker's county:

Eaton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dawn Blemaster

Quilt owner's city:

Maple Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Clinton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Hertha Schneckenberger, daughter to quilter; Dawn Blemaster, great-granddaughter to quilter

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