QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-10193
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
87.0174
Owner's name for the quilt:
Hummingbird
Biography of the quiltmaker?
Alice Lane gave this quilt to her granddaughter Betty Rybolt on the occasion of her marriage to Harlan MacDowell on June 21, 1947. The five MacDowell children remember this quilt being used for many years on their parents' bed. Lane gave away many of her quilts. When her husband died in 1940, Lane moved from the neighborhood of her quilt club friends and found work as a housekeeper. Away from her friends and without much space to call her own, she ceased most of her quiltmaking.
When was the form filled out?
4/2/1987
Quilt top made by:
Lane, (Nona) Alice Ginger
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Detroit
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wayne
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt finished?
ca. 1940
Details about why the quilt was made:
Betty and Harlan MacDowell's wedding 6/21/1947
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Detroit
Quiltmaker's county:
Wayne
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Ginger
Quiltmaker's birth date:
5/28/1884
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
3/8/1967
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Baptist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
housewife, housekeeper
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Lane, Horato Gates
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Ginger, Nancy Margaret Fritts
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Carpenter
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Gifts
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?
"Rain or Shine" Quilt Club, Detroit News
Where does/did the group meet?
Detroit, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
Much of her quilting was done with members of the "Rain or Shine" Quilt Club, which met every Tuesday, regardless of the weather, in one of the members' homes. This club was registered as a Detroit News Quilt Club and its members were active participants
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
76"
How long is the quilt?
88"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan Historical Museum
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 138, page 94.
Source of the information on this quilt:
Granddaughter of quiltmaker
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Harlan and Betty MacDowell
Quilt owner's city:
Grand Ledge
Quilt owner's county:
Eaton
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Was the quilt used for something other than what it is used for now?
Always remembered seeing this quilt on my parents bed.
Who photographed this quilt?
Peter Glendinning
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Lane, (Nona) Alice Ginge. Hummingbird. ca. 1940. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-10193. Accessed: 03/28/24
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Gallery
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MacDowell, Marsha
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Quiltmaker
Lane, Alice Michigan Quilt Project