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Christmas Cactus Swirl; Applique Medallion

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9688

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0213

Owner's name for the quilt:

Christmas Cactus Swirl

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Applique Medallion

When was the form filled out?

3/6/1985

Quilt top made by:

Bradley, Mary Everett

Quilted by:

Bradley, Mary Everett

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Farmer Twp.

Where the quilt was made, county:

Defiance

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt started?

1835

When was the quilt finished?

1850

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's county:

Union

Quiltmaker's state:

Illinois (IL)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sansom

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1989

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1965

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

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

Quilts were routinely used in the Boyd farm home and given as gifts to family members.

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

Helpful Housekeepers Quilting Club

Where does/did the group meet?

Union County, IL

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4" green & white stepped

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

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:

12

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

12

Describe the quilting designs used:

Shell,

Contests entered:

Sauder Museum Farm and Craft Village, Sauder Village, OH, Blue Ribbon

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

Michigan Quilts, plate 6, p. 22. Unidentified newspaper clipping featuring photo of the quilt

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Ray and Alice Pengra

Quilt owner's city:

Horton

Quilt owner's county:

Jackson

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Purchased from maker's great-grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cox, Bryon , Ohio

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:

Each winter Mary set up her quilting frame in the dining room and quilted a quilt.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Bradley, Mary Everet. Christmas Cactus Swirl. 1850. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-9688. Accessed: 03/29/24

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