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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