QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1789

Owner's name for the quilt:

Crazy Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Cut Glass Dish, Winged Square, Golden Gates, Prism Block

Brackman # or other source & #:

1703

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Granny did washing for other people and would save some of the money to buy this or that for a quilt.

When was the form filled out?

11/12/1986

Quilt top made by:

Stultz, Florence

Quilted by:

Stultz, Florence

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:

Wyandotte

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1920's

When was the quilt finished?

1923

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Wyandotte

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Newton

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/24/1879

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/13/1949

Quiltmaker's educational background:

8th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Church of Christ, Seventh Day Adventist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Newton, Thomas

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English, lived in Highland County, OH, served 10/19/1861 till end of war

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Newton, Sarah Lafferty

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Lived in Southwestern Ohio till going to MI

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

Spanish American War, 7 years worked at McCord's, moved to MI 1922

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 Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Dorcus

Where does/did the group meet?

They would meet on Virginia St., Wyandotte at Ruth Everts.

What are the main activities of the group?

An all day quilting bee. I was there during 1942.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

83"

How long is the quilt?

72 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

4 1/8", 4 1/2"

Describe the borders:

3 3/4"

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:

1

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Old clothes

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Alice Barrett

Quilt owner's city:

Wyandotte

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Forence Stultz to Jessie Stultz to Harriet Loniewski to Alice Barret

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