QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-9795
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.1624
Owner's name for the quilt:
Snowflake Sampler
When was the form filled out?
10/18/1986
Quilt top made by:
Bristow, Grace
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
Where the quilt was made, city:
Kalamazoo
Where the quilt was made, county:
Kalamazoo
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt finished?
1950's
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Kalamazoo
Quiltmaker's county:
Kalamazoo
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Marks
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High school
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
none
Quiltmaker's occupation:
homemaker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Marks, John
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Dutch
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Marks, Alice
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Dutch
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Bistrow, Palmer
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
78"
How long is the quilt?
93 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Sampler
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Loralee Avery Knepper
Quilt owner's city:
Mendon
Quilt owner's county:
St. Joseph
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Perhaps for Alice Marks by her daughter Grace Marks Bristow. June Marks, my mother, Alice Marks, my grandmother (on my step-father's side)
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
Bristow, Grac. Snowflake Sampler. 1950's. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-9795. Accessed: 05/02/24