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Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt; Mohawk Trail, Path of Fans, Chinese Fan, Baby Bunting
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QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6959
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0821
Quilt's title:
Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Mohawk Trail, Path of Fans, Chinese Fan, Baby Bunting
Brackman # or other source & #:
3369
When was the form filled out?
5/17/1985
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Grandmother of Catherine Laden Crawford
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:
Palo
Where the quilt was made, county:
Ionia
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
1878
Why was the quilt made?
Gift or presentation
Details about why the quilt was made:
Made for birth of Catherine Laden Crawford,.
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
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 is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Describe the quilting designs used:
Across each fan 3 rows up center, 3 in center of fan 1 row of stitching from center of fan to square corner.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Patricia A. Zander
Quilt owner's city:
Saranac
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:
Grandmother of Catherine Laden Crawford, Mabel Reed Laden, Patricia A. Zander
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
Cite this Quilt
;. Auntie Catherine's Birth Quilt. 1878. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6959. Accessed: 04/25/24