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Love Apple; Conventional Tulip

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-10441

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

88.0140

Owner's name for the quilt:

Love Apple

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Conventional Tulip

Brackman # or other source & #:

29.42

Quilt top made by:

MacGregor, Sarah

Quilted by:

MacGregor, Sarah

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1848

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Springfield

Quiltmaker's state:

Missouri (MO)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Morris

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1830

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

58"

How long is the quilt?

76"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1 zig zag

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

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:

16

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

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:

Jean Conway

Quilt owner's city:

Birmingham

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

Cite this Quilt

MacGregor, Sara. Love Apple. 1848. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-10441. Accessed: 03/28/24