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:

85.1552

Owner's name for the quilt:

Calico Dresden Plate

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Dresden Plate

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Hobbies include archaeology, oil painting, antique furniture restoration, weaving, and Indian lore. Played bass fiddle in bluegrass band, "Home Grown Grass," for eight years; cut two albums.

Quilt top made by:

Hoskins, Helen

Quilted by:

Hoskins, Helen

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Hubbardston

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

1980

When was the quilt finished?

1981

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Hubbardston

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Holm

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5-4-1926

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swedish/German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BA (Anthropology) Michigan State University, 1984; returned to school after death of husband.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Director of the Ute Cultural Tribal Center, Colorado

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Holm, Ernest W.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Smith, Louise

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1947; 1958

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

Harry A. Bollinger; Remine Hoskins

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

Southern Appalachian

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

Printer; Musician, school janitor

Number of children:

7

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

Great feeling of accomplishment. Excuse to watch TV. Something I could pick up for a short or long time. Always carry a block with me. Have trunks of materials, whenever I go to shopping I would buy some material , usually calico making quilts relaxes me.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

LaPlata Quilters Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Durango, Colorado

What are the main activities of the group?

Promote quilting

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

HH

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1981

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

1.5"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2.5" top & bottom 4.75" sides

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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:

8

Describe the quilting designs used:

Zig zag

Contests entered:

Ionia Fair, Ionia, MI, 1982, First prize

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Helen Hoskins

Quilt owner's city:

Hubbardston

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

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:

Sometimes floor frame with rollers, sometimes 4 boards with C clamps on pully over bed pulled down to work with sometimes lap. Traditional. Prefers to quilt by hand (machine quilting becomes a 'task'), work block-by-block, and do applique so 'I can change my mind and create as I go along.'

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

Always leave a small mistake

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum