QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-8877
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.1671
Owner's name for the quilt:
Drunkard's Path
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Fool's Puzzle, Arkansas Troubles
Brackman # or other source & #:
1466b
When was the form filled out?
10/18/1986
Quilt top made by:
Bar, Jesse
Quilted by:
Bar, Jesse
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:
Constantine
Where the quilt was made, county:
St. Joseph
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt finished?
1918?
Quiltmaker's city:
Constantine
Quiltmaker's county:
St. Joseph
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
68"
How long is the quilt?
85 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Describe the damage:
Frayed
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Dotted
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
9
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Margaret F. Treece
Quilt owner's city:
Constantine
Quilt owner's county:
St. Joseph
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Auction; Constantine, Michigan
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
Cite this Quilt
Bar, Jess. Drunkard's Path. 1918?. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8877. Accessed: 03/29/24