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:

86.0557

Quilt's title:

Granny's String Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Clay's Star, Rocky Road to Kansas

Brackman # or other source & #:

1979

When was the form filled out?

5/3/1986

Quilt top made by:

Stanfield,

Quilted by:

Stanfield,

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

Quilt collector

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Swift

Where the quilt was made, county:

HarEl Pasodin

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

When was the quilt started?

turn of century

When was the quilt finished?

1940's

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Swift

Quiltmaker's county:

Hardin

Quiltmaker's state:

Tennessee (TN)

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English, Scots

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

61"

How long is the quilt?

76 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Orange

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Open seams

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

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

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Blanket or flannel

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Nell Hardin

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Grace Stanfield Hardin, Aunt Lizzie, Granny Stanfield

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum