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Grandmother's Fan Crazy Quilt

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-10062

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

87.0367

Owner's name for the quilt:

Grandmother's Fan Crazy Quilt

When was the form filled out?

6/27/1987

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?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Alpena

Where the quilt was made, county:

Alpena

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1927

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

70"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Number of quilt blocks:

110

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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

Description of the back:

glazed

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

Betty L. Newhouse

Quilt owner's city:

Onaway

Quilt owner's county:

Presque Isle

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

auction of an Alpena resident

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Grandmother's Fan Crazy Quilt. 1927. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-10062. Accessed: 03/29/24