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:

87.0202

Owner's name for the quilt:

Fish Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Delectable Mountains variation

When was the form filled out?

2/20/1987

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, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1859

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

What is inscribed on the quilt?

S.M.I. or S.M.J. or both three different places

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

May the 18th ,1859 and June the 16th 1859

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Number of quilt blocks:

150, some are incomplete or partial

Medallion size:

23" x 23"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

1" cream, 2" green, 2 1/4" white

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

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

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Threads of Time, Grand Rapids, MI, June-September 1986, Grand Rapids Public Museum

Contests entered:

West Michigan Quilt Guild Show, Grand Rapids, MI, April 1986, Museum's choice

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Michigan Quilts, fig. 23, p. 32

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Linda M. Hoemke

Quilt owner's city:

Rockford

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Grand Rapids, Michigan area farm sale. Antique dealer, Allegan Antique market, June 1985. Misner fam., cannot trace

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Little eyes appliqued on fish. Note-appliqued oak leaf at upper right corner of medallion.

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum