QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8885

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1680

Owner's name for the quilt:

48 State's Flowers

When was the form filled out?

10/18/1986

Quilt top made by:

Simon, Edith

Quilted by:

Simon, Edith

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1912

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Chicago

Quiltmaker's county:

Cook

Quiltmaker's state:

Illinois (IL)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Coty

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Urban

Quiltmaker's educational background:

high school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

houswife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Coty, Alphonse

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

French

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Coty, Josephine Pelletier

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

French

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/12/1916

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Simon, Francis O.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Norwegian

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Accountant, and personnel manager

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Number of quilt blocks:

48

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2 1/4"

Describe the borders:

1" length, 1 1/2" width

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:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

greater than one inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

3"

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Sawtooth

Contests entered:

Chicago World's Fair, Chicago, IL, 1933, Honorable Mention

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 110, page 79.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dorothy F. Totten

Quilt owner's city:

Colon

Quilt owner's county:

St. Joseph

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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