QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-8239
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0112
Owner's name for the quilt:
Pineapple Wallhanging
When was the form filled out?
3/16/1986
Quilt top made by:
Baker, Mary Jean
Quilted by:
Baker, Mary Jean
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Charlotte
Where the quilt was made, county:
Eaton
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt finished?
1978
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Charlotte
Quiltmaker's county:
Eaton
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Martens
Quiltmaker's birth date:
12/8/1941
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
German American
Quiltmaker's educational background:
some college
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Catholic
Quiltmaker's occupation:
retired secretary Charlotte public schools, freelance journalist, Watkins Sales
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Martens, Charlie E
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Martens, Ruth Maxine Martin
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
French/German Austrian
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Penn. Dutch
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Insurance agent
Number of children:
6
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
5
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Self-Taught
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Gifts
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
I started giving a quilt for graduation to nieces and nephews. Also made my first 4 children quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Maple Leaf Quilters; Courthouse Square Quilters
Where does/did the group meet?
Charlotte, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
Frontier Days Quilt Show. Approx. 20 members sponsored quilt shows for several years during Frontier Days (Maple Leaf quilters). Our Maple Leaf Quilt Club had quilting bees often back in the late 1970s. Served coffee, cookies or donuts.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
24 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
27"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Type of inscription:
Initials
What is inscribed on the quilt?
MJB
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Describe where the inscription was found:
top
Number of quilt blocks:
1
Number of borders:
1
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton or polyester blend
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
What color is the back of the quilt?
Cream
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Fabrics purchased in Charlotte, MI.
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Commercial/Published source: Magazine
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Saw a tiny picture of a similar pineapple in a room setting in a magazine many years ago.
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Frontier Days Quilt Show, Charlotte, MI, 1979
Contests entered:
Eaton County 4-H Fair, Charlotte, MI, 1979, Blue ribbon
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Mary Jean Baker
Quilt owner's city:
Charlotte
Quilt owner's county:
Eaton
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Used same pineapple pattern for center of quilt.
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Ohio Star, easy to piece, Clay's Choice
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Baker, Mary Jea. Pineapple Wallhanging. 1978. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8239. Accessed: 03/29/24
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