QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-9356
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0975
Owner's name for the quilt:
9-patch
Biography of the quiltmaker?
I'm from Ohio.
When was the form filled out?
8/27/1986
Quilt top made by:
VanDenburg, Jane Isla
Quilted by:
VanDenburg, Jane Isla
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Montgomery
Where the quilt was made, county:
Montgomery
Where the quilt was made, state:
Alabama (AL)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1984
When was the quilt finished?
1984
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Gwinn
Quiltmaker's county:
Marquette
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Riewaldt
Quiltmaker's birth date:
8/26/1948
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
German Bohemian
Quiltmaker's educational background:
B.S. Mathematics education from Michigan State University
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Homemaker, craft teacher
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Riewaldt, William E.
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German Bohemian
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Oberdoerster, Isla Eunice
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
6/20/1970
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
VanDenburg, David R.
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Dutch French English
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
USAF Pilot
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Marquette County Quilters Association, Marquette, MI; K.I. Sawyer Quilters; OWC Little Quilt Group, Wurtsmith AFB, MI; Bomb Squardron Quilters, Wurtsmith AFB, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
We made quilt tops for each other. Each person in group made 2 or 3 blocks for each quilt.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
23"
How long is the quilt?
23"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
16
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Number of borders:
2
Describe the borders:
3 1/2, 1 1/2"
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
What color is the back of the quilt?
Black
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
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:
7
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Vines
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Pumpkin seed
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Commercial/Published source: Book
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Amish Adventure by Roberta Horton, Lesson #1
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Kudzu Quilt Guild, Montgomery, AL, 1985
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Jane VanDenburg
Quilt owner's city:
Gwinn
Quilt owner's county:
Marquette
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 any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Ohio Star, easy and originally from Ohio, Pine Tree, Bears Paw
Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:
Grandma made a quilt for each granchild's wedding.
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
VanDenburg, Jane Isl. 9-patch. 1984. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-9356. Accessed: 04/25/24