QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8611

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Dr. William Hyser Rivers Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0822

Owner's name for the quilt:

Double Wedding Ring

When was the form filled out?

6/10/1986

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

46

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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:

1

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?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

12

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Describe the quilting designs used:

Circles

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Dr. William Hyser Rivers Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Belmont

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Patricia Stout Easley, from Easley's father's family, The Andrew Stouts'

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum