QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9010

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1850

Owner's name for the quilt:

Drunkard's Path

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Fool's Puzzle

When was the form filled out?

10/17/1986

Quilt top made by:

Hamilton, Janet D.

Quilted by:

Hamilton, Janet D.

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Mother started quilt and gave it to daughter to continue and finish.

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fennville

Where the quilt was made, county:

Allegan

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1937

When was the quilt finished?

1938

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lansing

Quiltmaker's county:

Eaton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sheard

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/19/1917

Quiltmaker's educational background:

B.S. Western Michigan University, 1949

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

School librarian

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sheard, George A.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Sheard, Margaret D.

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Scottish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

9/3/1949

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

Hamilton, Benjamin B.S.

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

Scots Irish

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

Educational consultant

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Fascinated by pattterns and color combinations

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Stains

Type of inscription:

Date

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1938

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Yellow

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Commercial

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?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Scallop

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Janet D. Hamilton

Quilt owner's city:

Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Eaton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum