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:

85.1903

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bars

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Amish Bars

When was the form filled out?

11/16/1985

Quilt top made by:

Davidson, Lynne

Quilted by:

Davidson, Lynne

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

San Fransisco

Where the quilt was made, county:

San Fransisco

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1982

When was the quilt finished?

1984

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

Details about why the quilt was made:

Amish Bars make as a class project in Amish design, instructor Roberta Horton,

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Haslett

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Groendyke

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/7/1946

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

199?

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Kendall School of Design, Interior Design

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Quilter

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Groendyke, Maynard

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch French

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Groendyke, Velma

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1/15/1971

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

Davidson, William S.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Professor

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Capitol City Quilt Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Lansing, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

53 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

56"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Lynne Davidson

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1984

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by vertical strips

Number of borders:

2

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

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:

4

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Leaf

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics were purchased in San Francisco.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Provided in a class

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Amish Bars make as a class project in Amish design, instructor Roberta Horton

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Saginaw Invitational Exhibit, August 1984

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 217, page 136.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lynne Groendyke Davidson

Quilt owner's city:

Haslett

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

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:

Border is potato vine which is very unusual for a Lancaster County quilt. But after many hours of tedious work doing the center grid I felt a need to loosen up and the vine pattern felt right to me. I have only found one other bars quilt with this border.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum