QUILT INDEX RECORD
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