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12-8-7346

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Iron County Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1684

Owner's name for the quilt:

Monkey Wrench

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Snail's Trail

When was the form filled out?

3/23/1985

Quilt top made by:

Ribbey, Edith

Quilted by:

Ribbey, Edith

Where the quilt was made, city:

Albion

Where the quilt was made, county:

Calhoun

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1981

When was the quilt finished?

1981

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Details about why the quilt was made:

Won at a raffle then donated to the museum

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Albion

Quiltmaker's county:

Calhoun

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Torrey

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/4/1901

Quiltmaker's educational background:

8th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

paper hanger and housewife, retired

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Torrey, Charles M.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Torrey, Annie Belle Abbott

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

German and Indian

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

Factory worker

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

My hobby.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

92"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Other synthetic

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Synthetic

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics purchased at JC Penney's

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Shopping malls

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

Reporter 1981

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Iron County Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Caspian

Quilt owner's county:

Iron

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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:

Sticks, clamps

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Ribbey, Edit. Monkey Wrench. 1981. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Iron County Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7346. Accessed: 03/28/24