QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6906

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0752

Owner's name for the quilt:

Medallion

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Hawley, Carol

Quilted by:

Hawley, Carol

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

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?

2/1984

When was the quilt finished?

Fall 1984

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

For Mary Hawley Miller, daughter. Mary was pregnant when quilt was started, lost baby before the quilt was finished but quilt was finished and presented to Mary in anticipation that there might be a future need for it.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Youngs

Quiltmaker's birth date:

2/18/1930

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Registered Dental Hygienist, University of Michigan

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Episcopal

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker, Dental Hygienist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Youngs, Arden B.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Welsh English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Youngs, Irma Hein

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German French

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

English German

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

Plant Superintendant, Riverside Correctional Facility

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

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?

45"

How long is the quilt?

54"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Carol Hawley

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1984

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on back

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3"

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 or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Leaf

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Hawley Miller

Quilt owner's city:

Ionia

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Designed the pattern

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

First made some tumbling blocks, tired of that, so incorporated them with center star to use as a medallion. Designed the rest of quilt around it. Corners are pieced. Then everything (Medallion, strips and corners) were appliqued to background pieces, then quilted. I prefer appliquing to piecing.

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

Traditional patterns. An interest in history. Plenty of quilting. Don't care much for quilts which look like pictures with great unquilted expanses in them

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum