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Drunkard's Path; Fool's Puzzle, Arkansas Troubles

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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