QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9619

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0208

Owner's name for the quilt:

Christmas Quilt

When was the form filled out?

3/5/1985

Quilt top made by:

Jordan, Lois

Quilted by:

Jordan, Lois

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Clinton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Lenawee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1979

When was the quilt finished?

1979

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's county:

Lenawee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Harward

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/19/1914

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

College freshman

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Harward, Sidney Baloam

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Enlish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Harward, Sarah Elizabeth Clark

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Jordan, Truman Albert

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

English

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

Retired, farmer and sheet metal worker

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

Enjoy work and results

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

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

Raisin Valley Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Adrian, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Quilt show

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

102"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Lois Jordan, For Bud

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1979

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

2 1/2"

Number of borders:

1

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

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?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Quilters Newsletter

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Quilt Guild Show, Ann Arbor, MI; Macon Quilt Show (Clinton) Raisin Valley Quilter's Guild Show

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lois Jordan

Quilt owner's city:

Clinton

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum