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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