QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

88.0085

Owner's name for the quilt:

Maple Leaf

Brackman # or other source & #:

1740

When was the form filled out?

3/14/1988

Quilt top made by:

West, Mrs. Robert (Margaret)

Quilted by:

West, Mrs. Robert (Margaret)

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Monroe

Where the quilt was made, county:

Monroe

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1983

When was the quilt finished?

1984

Why was the quilt made?

Anniversary

Details about why the quilt was made:

50th Anniversary, 1985

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Monroe

Quiltmaker's county:

Monroe

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Koch

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/20/1921

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

11/19/1985

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School Grad

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher's Aide, Monroe Public Schools

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Koch, Walter W.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

First generation Swiss German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Foster, Lucy Mary

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Old family - English Scottish

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

English Scotch

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

Factory Worker retired

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

63"

How long is the quilt?

51"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

15 maple leaf blocks,

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

8", ends; 3 1/2" sides

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Interlocking Ovals, Leaves

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Some of the material was from my own scraps.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

First Presbyterian Church Quilt Show, 108 Washington St., Fall of 1986

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

Photos of quilter

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mrs. Walter C. (Rebecca) Myland

Quilt owner's city:

Monroe

Quilt owner's county:

Monroe

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

Because Mrs. West had cancer she gave them 6 or so months before "so she could see us get them." However she lived until our anniversary. These two quilts are made for twin beds.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum