QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9969

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

87.0077

Owner's name for the quilt:

Fool's Puzzle

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Maltese Cross, Snowball

Brackman # or other source & #:

1517

When was the form filled out?

12/15/1986

Quilt top made by:

Chrozier, Nora B.

Quilted by:

Chrozier, Nora B.

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:

Essex

Where the quilt was made, county:

Stoddard

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1913

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hunasker

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/6/1898

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/31/1966

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

cafe owner, seamstress

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hunsaker, James

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hunsaker, Mary Bell

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

Chrozier, Alfred

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

carpenter

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

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:

5-20 quilts

How wide is the quilt?

83"

How long is the quilt?

101"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56 + 7 halves

Size of quilt blocks:

7 x 8 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

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

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

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:

5

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Karen Lee Dent

Quilt owner's city:

Rochester

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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