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:

85.1375

Owner's name for the quilt:

Postage Stamp

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Four Patch

When was the form filled out?

7/7/1985

Quilt top made by:

Heller, Myrtie

Quilted by:

Heller, Myrtie

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kunkle

Where the quilt was made, county:

Williams

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1893

When was the quilt finished?

1894

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Kunkel

Quiltmaker's county:

Williams

Quiltmaker's state:

Ohio (OH)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Frisbie

Quiltmaker's birth date:

10/191877

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/29/1963

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife, mother

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Frisbie, Benjamin

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Potter, Mary Jane

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

Heller, William

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

English

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

farmer

Number of children:

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

5

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

70"

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:

1764

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

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

12

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Congregational Christian Church Centennial , Maple Rapids, MI, 1975; Clinton County Historical Museum 1984 St. Johns, MI

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Doris Loudenbeck

Quilt owner's city:

Fowler

Quilt owner's county:

Clinton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Myrtie Frisbie Heller given to her granddaughter Doris Jean (Upton) Loudenbeck

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

This in one of the first quilts she made.

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:

9 square and wedding ring

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum