QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

86.0032

Owner's name for the quilt:

Shoo Fly

Brackman # or other source & #:

1645

When was the form filled out?

2/15/1986

Quilt top made 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)

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

For warmtn

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

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

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

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

Muskegon Exhibit caption

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

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