QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7670

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Detroit Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2035

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

64.237.2

Owner's name for the quilt:

Log Cabin Barn Raising

When was the form filled out?

8/22/1985

Quilt top made by:

Jeffers, Betsy Todd

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kalamazoo

Where the quilt was made, county:

Kalamazoo

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1875-1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Kalamazoo

Quiltmaker's county:

Kalamazoo

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Percival

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69 1/8"

How long is the quilt?

74 3/8"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Repairs:

Patched with period fabrics

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

66 whole

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Silk

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

24 blocks and side borders

Describe the back:

Reversible

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?

Cannot tell

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Detroit Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Detroit

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. Joseph M. Dodge, donor granddaughter of quilter

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