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:

85.1473

Owner's name for the quilt:

Red School House

Quilt top made by:

Kraft, Janet

Quilted by:

Kraft, Janet

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Marlette

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sanilac

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1977

When was the quilt finished?

1979

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Marlette

Quiltmaker's county:

Sanilac

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/2/1950

Quiltmaker's educational background:

College

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Kraft, Max

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German Danish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Kraft, Evelyn

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

I enjoy the matching of the materials and the textures.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

4"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Linen

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?

Red

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias 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:

11

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Scrolls

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

McCall's Quilter's Magazine

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Art Fair, Marlette, MI, 1978, Bea McDonald Elementary School

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Janet Kraft

Quilt owner's city:

Marlette

Quilt owner's county:

Sanilac

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

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

I'm a teacher, so I enjoyed the idea of a schoolhouse.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum