QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8787

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1167

Quilt's title:

Century of Progress

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

8 Pointed Star

When was the form filled out?

9/1986

Quilt top made by:

Woodward, Grace

Quilted by:

Woodward, Grace

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:

Chester

Where the quilt was made, county:

Thayer

Where the quilt was made, state:

Nebraska (NE)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1940

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Chester

Quiltmaker's state:

Nebraska (NE)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1968

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Woodward, William

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

immigrated from Canada

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Woodward, Alice Grinnell

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

88"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20 pieced, 16 plain

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

7 1/2" top & bottom

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:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

Pinwheel

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Darlene Iosty

Quilt owner's city:

Hastings

Quilt owner's county:

Barry

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum