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12-8-7353

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1692

Quilt's title:

Tropical Sanctuary

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Tree of Life

When was the form filled out?

9/16/1985

Quilt top made by:

Eitel, Jean Frances Parker

Quilted by:

Eitel, Jean Frances Parker

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

North Palm Beach

Where the quilt was made, county:

Palm Beach

Where the quilt was made, state:

Florida (FL)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

12/1984

When was the quilt finished?

1/1985

Why was the quilt made?

Therapy

Details about why the quilt was made:

This quilt was made as a form of therapy while I was taking care of my sick mother-in-law.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

North Palm Beach

Quiltmaker's county:

Palm Beach

Quiltmaker's state:

Florida (FL)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Wright

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/22/1941

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Fine Arts Textiles

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Anglican, Episcopal Church

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Quilt magazine editor, quilt book author, quilter, lecturer

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Wright, Max Henry

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Wright, Ernestine Elaine Havers

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

English Scottish German

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

Design Engineer

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

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:

I make them because I have a compulsion to work with fabric, color, form and texture. Each finished quilt leads to a new idea, a new design. I just can't stop.

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?

Sand Dollar Quilters

Where does/did the group meet?

North Palm Beach, Public Library

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

60"

How long is the quilt?

66"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Jean Eitel

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1985

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

1

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

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?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

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 various quilt shops.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Museum, Kresge Art Museum, MSU; Barrinton Folk Art Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL

Contests entered:

National Quilt Association Show, Sanford, FL; AQS Show, Paducah, KY

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 254, page 156.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

The Evening Times, Wednesday, January 30,1985

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Jean Frances Wright Parker Eitel

Quilt owner's city:

North Palm Beach

Quilt owner's county:

Palm Beach

Quilt owner's state:

Florida (FL)

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

The Tree of Life is first mentioned in Genisis in Bible. Maker is a student of theology.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Eitel, Jean Frances Parke. Tropical Sanctuary. 1/1985. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7353. Accessed: 03/29/24