QUILT INDEX RECORD
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