QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9102

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0235

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bunny Quilt

When was the form filled out?

3/6/1986

Quilt top made by:

Furlo, Norma Ellyn

Quilted by:

Furlo, Norma Ellyn

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?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Beaverton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Gladwin

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1/1981

When was the quilt finished?

8/1981

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Beaverton

Quiltmaker's county:

Gladwin

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Dennis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5/15/1932

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school, 12 grades

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Mennonit since 1984

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker, dog groom

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Dennis, Malcolm John

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

USA

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Petty, Nettie Edna

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

USA

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

5/8/1952

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

Furlo, William Vito

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

Italian-American born

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

Restaurant owner, now retired

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

WMSC; MIdland Mennonite Church

Where does/did the group meet?

Midland, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

35 1/2''

How long is the quilt?

43 1/2''

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

11

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Radial to a chain - inside chain

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Material Mart, Midland MI; County Fair; Mill End Store Contest, Gladwin MI

Contests entered:

Saginaw County Fair, Chesaning, MI, 1982, First prize; Great Lakes State Biennial Quilt Contest and Exhibit, Mt. Clemens, MI, 7/1982 or 83, 3rd Prize

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Kristi Lynn Roehrs

Quilt owner's city:

Beaverton

Quilt owner's county:

Gladwin

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Sold the boy quilt and if Kristi had been a boy, he would have been stuck with a girl bunny quilt.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

The center is a stuffed animal pillow. Front is appliqued to the front and the back is appliqued to the reverse side of the quilt. This was the first I ever saw of this rabbit on a quilt. Saw lots of them later. Trapunto work in rabbit also.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum