QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-8325
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0492
Owner's name for the quilt:
Basket
When was the form filled out?
10/25/1985
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Made by friends and relatives of Amanda Sickels in Elsie, Michigan.
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:
Elsie
Where the quilt was made, county:
Clinton
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1850-1875
When was the quilt finished?
1873
Details about why the quilt was made:
This quilt was made for Amanda Sickels for her wedding on 5/28/1873.
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
64 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
79 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Repairs:
Tear or hole sewn together
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
32
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Number of borders:
6
Describe the borders:
1 3/4", 1 1/4", 5/8", 1", 2", 7/8"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine 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:
2
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:
8
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Leaf
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Emily Bates Haynes
Quilt owner's city:
Beulah
Quilt owner's county:
Benzie
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
LaMott George Bates, 10/13/1847 (OH)-9/28/1939 (MI). Hannah Amanda Sickels 11/11/1852 (Elsie, MI)-12/7/1933 (Elsie, MI). Belonged to earliest white settlers of Elsie, MI, occupying two of original four log cabins in that town.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Basket. 1873. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8325. Accessed: 03/28/24