QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

85.2037

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

67.141.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flannel Flag and Baseball Player, Tobacco Premiums

When was the form filled out?

10/23/1985

Quilt top made by:

Ferguson, Amelia

Quilted by:

Ferguson, Amelia

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1914

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

54 1/8"

How long is the quilt?

69 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Dirty

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Flannel

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Premium type

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Printed with full size baseball figures including their last name, league and team affiliation. Rectangle patches in the center row are printed with U.S. flag and alternating with a Union Jack Flag.

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?

Orange

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Blanket or flannel

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Quilt is made of tobacco premiums of baseball players c1910

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan Historical Museum

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 111, page 79.

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:

Arthur Howell donor and quilter's grandson

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum