QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9307

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0918

Owner's name for the quilt:

Orange Peel var.

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Idaho

Brackman # or other source & #:

3090

When was the form filled out?

8/25/1986

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Abbott Arkansas Quilting Group

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Abbott

Where the quilt was made, county:

Scott

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1930's

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Abbott

Quiltmaker's state:

Arkansas (AR)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

68 1/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

110

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

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

5

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Barb Owsley

Quilt owner's city:

Houghton

Quilt owner's county:

Houghton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Rose Plummer, grandmother

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum