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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