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:

88.0090

Owner's name for the quilt:

One-Room Schoolhouse

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

House on the Hill, The Star's Exhibition House Quilt Block Pattern, Little White House on on a Hill

Brackman # or other source & #:

862

When was the form filled out?

3/8/1988

Quilt top made by:

Richeson, Eulalia

Quilted by:

Richeson, Eulalia

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?

Inherited

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?

1975

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Details about why the quilt was made:

Mother made this one especially for me since I'm a schoolteacher.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Paden City

Quiltmaker's state:

West Virginia (WV)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Briggs

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/29/1912

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/10/1986

Quiltmaker's educational background:

10th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist (St. Pauls)

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Glass worker, nurses aide

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Briggs, John

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Briggs, Anna Truax

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

American Indian

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

6/30/1933

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Richeson, James Wilmer

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

Glass worker, carpenter

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

She gave a quilt for new babies. She was lonely and this was a passtime for her.

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Describe the borders:

2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

12

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabric came from J.C. Penney and K-Mart.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Quilt World

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

St. Paul's Methodist Church

Contests entered:

Monroe County Fair, Monroe, MI, about 1975, Red ribbon

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

The Monroe Evening News Thursday, Jan. 24, 1985. Photos of quilter; Clippings or photocopies; Interview with quilter.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Wanda Barton

Quilt owner's city:

Monroe

Quilt owner's county:

Monroe

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

She had wooden frames that she kept up in her living room. She used the frame that sit on the floor with excess rolled at one side. When she moved it to small apartment she used an oval lap frame. Her favorite pattern was Dresden Plate. She subscribed to "Quilt World" and traced many patterns from it. Her favorite color was pink and she used cotton fabric, cotton batting.

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

She used to say stitches put in on Sunday were taken out by the nose on Monday.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum