QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-10025

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

87.0317

Owner's name for the quilt:

Fox and Geese

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double X, Crosses and Losses, Bow Tie Variation, Goose and Goslings

Brackman # or other source & #:

1316a

When was the form filled out?

5/5/1987

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:

Memphis

Where the quilt was made, county:

St. Clair/Macomb

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

77"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Tears or holes

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

36, 5 half blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

8"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3 1/4"

Number of borders:

1 on the top and bottom

Describe the borders:

51/2", 4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Linda Lepri

Quilt owner's city:

Princeton

Quilt owner's state:

New Jersey (NJ)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mae Yerdon to Hazel Hause to Linda Lepri

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

My grandmother Hazel Hause obtained it on the death of Miss Yerdon from her residence in Memphis, Michigan.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum