QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0515

Quilt's title:

Ann's Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Autumn Leaves

When was the form filled out?

5/3/1986

Quilt top made by:

Hartzell, Anne

Quilted by:

Hartzell, Anne

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?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fremont

Where the quilt was made, county:

Newaygo

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1934

When was the quilt finished?

1935

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Fremont

Quiltmaker's county:

Newaygo

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1882

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1970

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Cream

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Rose

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Another quilt

Describe the source of the pattern:

This quilt was a copy of an original made for the Sears Contest in 1933 World's Fair, Chicago that won.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan Historical Museum; First Continental Quilt Congress Wash.D.C. 1979

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 151, page 102.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Milly LaFever Splitstone

Quilt owner's city:

Fremont

Quilt owner's county:

Newaygo

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Anne Hartzell to Dorothy Miller

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