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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:

Print

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