QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6905

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0751

Owner's name for the quilt:

Country Rose

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Dolphin, Hilda

Quilted by:

Dolphin, Hilda

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Granddaughters Marnie Dolphin and Amanda Dolphin helped make the top.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1980

When was the quilt finished?

1985

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Macholl

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/27/1916

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

First Presbyterian Church

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife and photographers colorist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Macholl, Louis

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Schultes, Paula

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

4/13/1936

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

Clarence, Con D. Dolphin

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch French

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

Rural Mail Carrier, Photographer

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

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

Quilters of The First Presbyterian Church

What are the main activities of the group?

Quilt for individuals, make a quilt to sell

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

H.P.D

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1985

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Number of quilt blocks:

3

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

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?

Hand quilting

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Rose

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Presbyterian Church, Ionia, MI, May 17, 1985

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hilda Dolphin

Quilt owner's city:

Ionia

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Embroidery

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum