QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

93.0118

Owner's name for the quilt:

American Glory

Quilt top made by:

Spohn, Belva M.

Quilted by:

Spohn, Belva M.

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Sandusky

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sanilac

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1972

When was the quilt finished?

1973

Why was the quilt made?

Therapy

Details about why the quilt was made:

I had kit for several years before doing it. After my husband's heart attack would sit with him and cut and sew.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Sandusky

Quiltmaker's county:

Sanilac

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Thomas

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/20/1913

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

mostly English and Welsh

Quiltmaker's educational background:

some college, Taught Country School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

was seamstress for Men's Clothing Store, Book keeper for husband's business

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Thomas, William R.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Welsh English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Thomas, Frances A. Bright

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Carpenter, home builder

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Ladies Aid of Church

What are the main activities of the group?

For missions

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

90"

How long is the quilt?

103"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1973

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

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

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

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

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

kit ordered from J.L. Hudson's in Detroit in 1960s

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

This quilt was described in Good Housekeeping Magazine then kit ordered from J.L. Hudson's in Detroit in 1960s by my neighbor who didn't sew. She junked it and I received it when she died in 1967.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

County Fair, State Fair

Contests entered:

Sanilac 4-H Fair, Sandusky, MI, 1984, 1st place open class; Michigan State Fair Community Arts. Special award

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Appraisal, by Merry Silber, $1000

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Belva M. Spohn

Quilt owner's city:

Sandusky

Quilt owner's county:

Sanilac

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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