QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8095

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2181

Owner's name for the quilt:

Basket

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Grandmother's Basket, Colonial Basket, Cherry Basket, Flower Basket

Brackman # or other source & #:

662

When was the form filled out?

10/26/1985

Quilt top made by:

Wrigley, Amanda

Quilted by:

Wrigley, Amanda

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:

Los Animos

Where the quilt was made, state:

Colorado (CO)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt started?

1874

When was the quilt finished?

1874

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

LasAnones

Quiltmaker's state:

Colorado (CO)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1920

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73"

How long is the quilt?

75"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

10"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

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 is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Donna M. Walworth

Quilt owner's city:

Traverse City

Quilt owner's county:

Grand Traverse

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Amanda Wrigley to son Paul L. Wrigley to Donna M. Wrigley Walworth, quilter's granddaughter

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