QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8690

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1073

Owner's name for the quilt:

Irish Chain Redwork

When was the form filled out?

8/28/1986

Quilt top made by:

Deacon, Laura

Quilted by:

Deacon, Laura

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1933

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Faithhom

Quiltmaker's county:

Menominee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

78"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Type of inscription:

Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

DFD

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

36

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2 3/8"

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

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

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:

3

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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 148, page 100.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Grandson of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dan Deacon

Quilt owner's city:

Faithhom

Quilt owner's county:

Menominee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Laura Deacon to Grace Salzider to grandson

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