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:

85.1488

Owner's name for the quilt:

Star Design

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Clay's Choice, Harry's Star, Henry of the West, Star of the West, Clay's Star, Clay's Favorite, Beauty Patch

Brackman # or other source & #:

1128a

When was the form filled out?

6/5/1985

Quilt top made by:

Kraft, Helene

Quilted by:

Kraft, Helene

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

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

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?

1979

When was the quilt finished?

1980

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Christmas

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Del Rio

Quiltmaker's state:

Texas (TX)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5/28/1956

Quiltmaker's educational background:

college degree in elementary education

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

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

Spinks, Don

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

U.S. Airforce

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

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

For pleasure and gifts.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

96"

How long is the quilt?

108"

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:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

6"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

8", 6", 6"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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?

Blue or Navy

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?

Polyester

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:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Book

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Barbara Kenny

Quilt owner's city:

Lapeer

Quilt owner's county:

Lapeer

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum