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Crazy Rocky Road to Kansas; Crazy Stars, Trip Around the World, Pots of Flowers
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12-8-7355
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1694
Owner's name for the quilt:
Crazy Rocky Road to Kansas
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Crazy Stars, Trip Around the World, Pots of Flowers
Brackman # or other source & #:
2979
Quilt top made by:
Cox, Ellen (Deborah)
Quilted by:
Cox, Ellen (Deborah)
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?
Inherited
Where the quilt was made, city:
Flint
Where the quilt was made, county:
Genesee
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
When was the quilt started?
1940
When was the quilt finished?
1950
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Flint
Quiltmaker's county:
Genesee
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Havers
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1882
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1970
Quiltmaker's educational background:
8th grade
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Havers, George John
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Havers, Harriette Melvina Cudney
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English
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:
Minister
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
Double bed
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Silk
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Ties
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Old clothes
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Made from silk ties from daughter's husband, Mr. Doughty.
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Another quilt
Describe the source of the pattern:
She made one like she remembered her grandmother making.
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 159, page 107.
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Autobiography written at the age of 88
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Bernice Doughty
Quilt owner's city:
Clearwater
Quilt owner's county:
Pinellas
Quilt owner's state:
Florida (FL)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Cox, Ellen (Deborah. Crazy Rocky Road to Kansas. 1950. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7355. Accessed: 03/29/24