QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7748

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1444

Owner's name for the quilt:

Crosshatches

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Steps to the Altar

Brackman # or other source & #:

2288

When was the form filled out?

11/23/1984

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt collector

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1940

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Autumn Comforts Quilt Show, sponsored by the Marquette County Quilter's Association, Marquette, MI, October 27-28, 1984, Northern Michigan University Campus

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Carole Prisk

Quilt owner's city:

Negaunee

Quilt owner's county:

Marquette

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Auction

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum