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:

01.0024

Owner's name for the quilt:

Patchwork

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

center one patch squares, fans top and bottom, mosaic patchwork on sides

Brackman # or other source & #:

442

Quilt top made by:

Renkert, Lynn; Gault, Mary Hill

Quilted by:

Coleman, Jean

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Royal Oak

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

1940s or 50s

When was the quilt finished?

1991

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Royal Oak

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Gault

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/19/1953

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German, Irish, French

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Master's Degree

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Gault, James Marshall

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Gault, Mary Hill

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Renkert, Donald Arthur

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

Auto Designer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

84 1/2"

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

160

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Feedsack

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Vines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Meander

Describe the quilting designs used:

Heart

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

I finished the quilt by taking at least one scrap of every fabric that she had. The fabrics bring back memories of clothes, toys, and doll clothes she made for us.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lynn Renkert

Quilt owner's city:

Royal Oak

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

My mother, Mary Hill Gault pieced the hexagons and fans. The quilter was willing to rush this job so my mom could have it back sooner. My mother died of cancer 3 weeks later. She was grateful that the quilt had been completed.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made quilt blocks or part of quilt top

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum