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:

85.2212

Owner's name for the quilt:

Victorian Crazy

When was the form filled out?

11/6/1985

Quilt top made by:

Campbell, Francis E.; McLaren, Francis Lenore

Quilted by:

Campbell, Francis E.

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:

Northport

Where the quilt was made, county:

Leelanau

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1890

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Detroit

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sweet

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/9/1869

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/26/1947

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sweet, Byron

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Grove, Mary Ellen

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

9/11/1889

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

Campbell, Wilber E.

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

Scotch

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

Newspaper Publisher

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

89"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Ink drawing/Painting

Embellishments used:

Beads attached

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:

2

How is the binding made?

Unfinished/raw edge

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Stuffed work

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Judith Ann Owen

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:

Francis E. Sweet Campbell, mother to her daughter Francis Lenore Campbell McLaren to Andrienne June McLaren Vandefly, granddaughter; to Judith A VanderPyle Owen, great-granddaughter

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt top

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum