QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0765

Owner's name for the quilt:

Applique Sampler

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Kauffman, Nora Jane

Quilted by:

Kauffman, Nora Jane

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Saranac

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1975

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Saranac

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hankinson

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/31/1931

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School, Gr. Junior College

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Saranac Community Church

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hankinson, William K.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hankinson, Wenonah Guidinger

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

French German

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

German

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

Factory Maintenance

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

100"

How long is the quilt?

100"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Type of inscription:

Date

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1976

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

4

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

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:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

12

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Family Circle 1974 or 1975, for basic design, did not use same pictures

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Kent County Pomorra Grange, Kent County, Fall 1976, County Fair

Contests entered:

Ionia Free Fair, Ionia, MI, 1976, First place; Kent County Extension competition Spring 1976

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc. Patterns

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Nora Jane Kauffman

Quilt owner's city:

Saranac

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

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:

All pictures represent personal activities and interests. All appliqued picture patterns were then destroyed.

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

Storm at sea, drunkard's path, log cabin

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum