QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0170

Owner's name for the quilt:

Storm at Sea/Snail's Trail

Quilt top made by:

Sluder, Dorothy

Quilted by:

Sluder, Dorothy

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Adrain

Where the quilt was made, county:

Lenawee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1982

When was the quilt finished?

1983

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Adrain

Quiltmaker's county:

Lenawee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Harrison

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/20/1924

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school, beauty school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Harrison, Fred

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Harrison, Sadie Isaacs

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

Maintence Supervisor, ATS

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

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

I find quilting is good therapy for me. I get so involved I lie awake thinking of different designs I took up quilting after becoming unable to work.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

American Quilters Society; Raisin Valley Quilters Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Adrian. MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Organize quilters to help well their quilts and get a good price.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

83"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics were purchased in Tennessee.

Describe the source of the pattern:

Commercial (book, magazine, etc.)

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Methodist Church, Adrian, Michigan

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 216, page 135.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dorothy Sluder

Quilt owner's city:

Adrain

Quilt owner's county:

Lenawee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

I had a picture to do this quilt. I worked several days on a pattern to get it to look nice. Enjoyed it.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum