QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6920

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0766

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sunburst

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Mariner's Compass

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Schipper, Mildred

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Presbyterian Ladies Guild

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ionia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1928

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's county:

Ionia

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Schipper

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12/22/1906

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1937

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School Graduate

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Secretary

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Schipper, Paul

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Schipper, Emma Streicher

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

74"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

5

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

3

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

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Beulah Schipper

Quilt owner's city:

Ionia

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mildred Schipper

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum