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Maybe Comb of Double Star, Dutch Rose, Broken Star; Star of Bethlehem, Black Diamond, Star Quilt Block, Diadem Star, Carpenter's Wheel, Lone Star of Paradise, Twinkling Stars, Sunflower, The Knickerbocker Star, Star Within A Star

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-2062

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:

04.0001

Owner's name for the quilt:

Maybe Comb of Double Star, Dutch Rose, Broken Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Star of Bethlehem, Black Diamond, Star Quilt Block, Diadem Star, Carpenter's Wheel, Lone Star of Paradise, Twinkling Stars, Sunflower, The Knickerbocker Star, Star Within A Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

3809

Quilt top made by:

Nold, Wilamina

Quilted by:

Willey, Josephine

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Owosso

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shiawassee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

about 1935

When was the quilt finished?

about 1994

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Owosso

Quiltmaker's county:

Shiawassee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1946

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

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

Railroad

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

65"

How long is the quilt?

81"

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Wilamina Nold made the quilt top from scraps of material she had left over from making clothes.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Shirley Nold

Quilt owner's city:

Owosso

Quilt owner's county:

Shiawassee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

about 1994, Bessie Sovia, sister-in-law

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

Wilamina contracted cancer and died before she could quilt it. It was stored in a trunk by her daughter, Bessie Sovia until Bessie asked if I would like it. My mother, Josephine Willey, hand quilted it herself.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made the quilt top from scraps of material she had left over from making cothes.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Nold, Wilamin. Maybe Comb of Double Star, Dutch Rose, Broken Star. about 1994. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2062. Accessed: 03/29/24