QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7210

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1368

Owner's name for the quilt:

Mill Wheel

When was the form filled out?

7/7/1985

Quilt top made by:

Roberts, Marion Jane

Quilted by:

Roberts, Marion Jane

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Friends helped make the top.

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Middleton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Gratiot

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1920

When was the quilt finished?

1925

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Middleton

Quiltmaker's county:

Gratiot

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Bates

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/30/1883

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/27/1957

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Mennonite

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Bates, Oscar

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Jane, Silvia

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

11/4/1904

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

Roberts, Eli

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

Farmer

Number of children:

9

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

5

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

99

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

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?

Blue or Navy

How is the binding made?

Straight 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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Donna E. Loudenbeck

Quilt owner's city:

Fowler

Quilt owner's county:

Clinton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Friends helped make the top.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum