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12-8-8402

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0288

Owner's name for the quilt:

Garden Bouquet

When was the form filled out?

3/8/1986

Quilt top made by:

Vasser, Margaret; Vasey, Irene

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Mother helped make the top.

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Coleman

Where the quilt was made, county:

Midland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1932

When was the quilt finished?

1933

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Saginaw

Quiltmaker's county:

Saginaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Wasser

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/2/1912

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Wasser, William

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German Pennsylvania Dutch

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Wasser, Margaret

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

9/28/1940

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Vasey, Ronald C.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Sheet metal worker

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

94"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

2 1/4", 2 3/4", 2 1/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

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?

Polyester

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Newspaper

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Saginaw News, about 1930-31. Floral applique, Brackman #73.12, Garden Bouquet - Nancy Page 1931

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan State University Museum

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 144, page 98.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Irene Vasey

Quilt owner's city:

Saginaw

Quilt owner's county:

Saginaw

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 quilt blocks or part of quilt top

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Vasser, Margaret; Vasey, Iren. Garden Bouquet. 1933. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8402. Accessed: 04/25/24

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