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:

85.1920

Owner's name for the quilt:

Weather Vane

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Farmer's Wife

Brackman # or other source & #:

1780

When was the form filled out?

11/16/2005

Quilt top made by:

Tew, Ethel

Quilted by:

Tew, Ethel

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lake Odessa

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1945

When was the quilt finished?

1951

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lake Odessa

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Dilley

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/16/1894

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

7/13/1985

Quiltmaker's educational background:

"Normal" school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Nurse, housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Dilley, Robert

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Farmer English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Van Houten, Ellen

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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:

Ins. Agent

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 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?

78"

How long is the quilt?

87 3/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

32 whole, 6 halfs

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Sashing width:

5"

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?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Dahlia, Half Circle

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Made from daughter's clothes, she can recognize aprons, pajamas, dresses she had made from the materials.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Gertrude Tew Montgomery

Quilt owner's city:

Bloomfield Hills

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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