QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1822

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sampler

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Bear Paw, King David's Crown, Geese to the Moon, Mariner's Compass, Virginia Star, Palm Leaf, Mexican Cross, True Lover's Knot, Ohio Star, Pine Tree, plus 2 I can't remember

When was the form filled out?

7/25/1985

Quilt top made by:

Hamel, Karen

Quilted by:

Hamel, Karen

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Royal Oak

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1984

When was the quilt finished?

1984

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Indian River

Quiltmaker's county:

Cheboygan

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Oman

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/5/1943

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BS Northern Michigan University, MS, MSU

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Oman, John W.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Oman, Lillian Beg

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Finnish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

8/15/1970

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Hamel, Jeffrey M.

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

German Czechoslovakian

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

teacher

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

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:

As a home economics major I have a strong background in sewing, although I teach strictly foods. Also, my husband and I collect antiques which quilts naturally complement. Successfully creating my first quilt for an old iron bed made me interested in making others. I've made quilts for all the bedrooms in my house in Royal Oak, and now I'm working on quilt for the old log cabin we have as a summer home.

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

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Pieceable Friends Quilt Club

Where does/did the group meet?

Royal Oak, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Meet once a month to share ideas, quilt and show work done to date.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

62"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Karen Hamal

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1984

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

4 1/2"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 1/2"

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Plaid

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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:

3

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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

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 Minnesota Fabrics and JoAnn Fabrics.

Describe the source of the pattern:

I drafted all patterns in sampler using a variety of quilt books as references.Sampler arrangment is mine.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Cheboygan Opera House Quilt Show, Cheboygan, MI, 7/20/1985, Cheboygan Opera House

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Karen Hamel

Quilt owner's city:

Indian River

Quilt owner's county:

Cheboygan

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

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

Having made the quilt I was told that one never uses plaids in quilt making.

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Like to experiment with all different patterns

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

In a quilt one blocks is knows as a humilty square with some imperfection or mistake apparent. (Only God creates perfection.)

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum