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:

99.1018

Quilt's title:

Celebration #1

Quilt top made by:

Koskenmaki, Joyce

Quilted by:

Koskenmaki, Joyce

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

La Crosse

Where the quilt was made, county:

La Crosse

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1965

When was the quilt finished?

1965

Why was the quilt made?

Mourning

Details about why the quilt was made:

It is about the last time I saw my mother (July 4, 1965). We were watching fireworks. She was in the house in great pain because of bone cancer. I went in and told her we missed her. Then she walked outside to be with us, but had trouble standing. I help

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

LaCrosse

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/3/1937

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Finnish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

M.F.A.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

College Professor, UW, LaCrosse, WI

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Koskenmaki, Toivo Elias (Dave)

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Finnish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Koskenmaki, Lenya Lilli (Jean)

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Finnish

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1965

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

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

Knox County Quilters

Where does/did the group meet?

Ohio

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Joyce Parr

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1965

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Joyce Koskenmaki

Quilt owner's city:

LaCrosse

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