QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1443

Owner's name for the quilt:

Queen's Feather

When was the form filled out?

7/10/1985

Quilt top made by:

Wyman, Ruby

Quilted by:

Wyman, Ruby

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

St. Johns

Where the quilt was made, county:

Gratiot

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1960'S

When was the quilt finished?

1960'S

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made while nephew ill at hospital - sat there and quilted while waiting with sister-in-law

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

St. Johns

Quiltmaker's county:

Gratiot

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Drew

Quiltmaker's birth date:

10/31/1900

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

11 grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Prod - Salem U.M. Church

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Drew, James

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

don't know

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Spangler, Estella

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1/27/1923

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

Wyman, Norman

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

Farmer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Mrs. Wyman enjoyed the work and the extra income.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

4

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Description of the back:

Peach

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

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 Penney's Department Store, St. Johns, MI

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

Mrs. Wyman was on TV several years ago, was interviewed by Dick Evans, Channel 8, Grand Rapids, MI. Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 168, page 111.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lucille Haas

Quilt owner's city:

Perrinton

Quilt owner's county:

Gratiot

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Used many patterns but made several flower garden quilts

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinnig

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum