QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8170

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0031

Owner's name for the quilt:

Floral Applique

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

slight variation on the Prickly Pear design

When was the form filled out?

2/15/1986

Quilt top made by:

Trammell, Alice

Quilted by:

Trammell, Alice

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Magnolia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Columbia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

Before 1912

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Magnolia

Quiltmaker's state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1857

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1957

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

Quiltmaker's educational background:

probably none

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Christian African American Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

midwife

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Young, Handy

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

c. 1880

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

Trammel, Doc

Number of children:

7

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

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

She learned to sew as a house servant on a plantation in Arkansas. The quilts she made were for family use, and not for sale.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

9 whole, 3 half

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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:

6

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Our Quits: Collecting Colorful Memories, Muskegon, MI, June 1998 - March 1999, Muskegon County Museum

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

African American Quiltmaking in Michigan (1997) book, figure 98, page 64.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Muskegon Exhibit caption; Photos of quilter

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:

Alfreda Cole

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon Heights

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Alfreda Cole, granddaughter of Alice Trennell

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum