QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0695

Owner's name for the quilt:

Seven Sisters

When was the form filled out?

6/14/1986

Quilt top made by:

Snipes, Maria; Holland, Mrs. Nellie Green

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Blocks stitched on large sheet by Mrs. Nellie Green Holland in 1972

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, state:

Alabama (AL)

When was the quilt started?

1920s

When was the quilt finished?

1972

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's state:

Alabama (AL)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Ingersoll

Quiltmaker's birth date:

19th century

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1942

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

African American

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

Blacksmith, shop 27 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

95 1/2"

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of quilt blocks:

6

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Sheet

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Quilting Show, Detroit, MI, 10/1986

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:

Bernice Fitzpatrick Green

Quilt owner's city:

Detroit

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Maria Ingersoll Snipes Grandmother; Mary Elizabeth Snipes Fitzpatrick (mother) 3. Bernice Fitzpatrick Green daughter.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt top

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum