QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7216

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1374

Owner's name for the quilt:

Monkey Wrench

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Churn Dash, Hole in the Barn Door, Shoo Fly

Brackman # or other source & #:

1646

When was the form filled out?

7/7/1985

Quilt top made by:

Loudenbeck, Donna E.

Quilted by:

Loudenbeck, Donna E.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fowler

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clinton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1983

When was the quilt finished?

1983

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for daughter-in-law Barb Loudenbeck

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Fowler

Quiltmaker's county:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Roberts

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/25/1926

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School short course (MSU)

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Roberts, Eli

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Roberts, Marion Jane Bates

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/4/1946

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

Loudenbeck, Kenneth

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

Farmer

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

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

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

92"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

49

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/4"

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Prairie Points

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

20

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

20

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Describe the source of the pattern:

Commercial (book, magazine, etc.)

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 229, page 142.

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?

Made by owner

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:

Grandmother's Flower Garden and Fan

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum