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38-36-2879

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

W017

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

5/9/1987

Where was the documentation day held?

Wickenburg

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

74"

3. Quilt Length:

78"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

7. Predominant Color(s):

Green; Red

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Other repairs to quilt:

Restored

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.2. Alternate name(s) for block pattern in common use:

Rose Applique

Describe the source of the pattern:

Books (child's coloring book)

Size of quilt blocks:

10x10

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

20. Sashing width:

4"

22.2. Border descriptions:

4" plain strips.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine Piecing

25.2 Applique techniques:

Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Hand Applique

25.4 Other construction technique:

Buttonhole stitch.

Unique binding materials?

Hidden by newly added fabric

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Unfinished/raw edge

Other batting:

Cotton batting?, unknown.

29.2. Quilted by:

Miller, Mary Willestena

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

7

Other quilting designs used:

The quilting stitches were uneven.

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

Seamed

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Added border destroys the value of the quilt.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Miller, Mary W.

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

Pictures of quiltmaker

3. Quilt maker's name:

Miller, Mary Willestena

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

04-02-1916

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

German/French

Educational Background:

Grade school

Religious affiliation:

Baptist, Lutheran

Quilt maker's occupation:

Housewife

Quilt maker's birth city:

Ypsilanti

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Urban

City:

Michigan until 1926, then Fort Wayne, IN (1927-39)

State:

Michigan (MI)

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Michling

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

When learned to quilt:

Age 11-19

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Learned to quilt from her mother. Learned to quilt at the age of 14.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

There are other quilts by this maker.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, state:

Indiana (IN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Cite this Quilt

Miller, Mary Willesten. Rose Applique. From Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=38-36-2879. Accessed: 03/29/24