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12-8-6960

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0822

Owner's name for the quilt:

Crazy quilt

When was the form filled out?

5/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Krueger, Nellie

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:

Cadillac

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wexford

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

early 1920's

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Cadillac

Quiltmaker's county:

Wexford

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Terry

Quiltmaker's birth date:

6/2/1890

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/13/1973, Cadillac

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran then Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

was housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Terry, Samuel L.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Terry, Nellie Soper

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English Danish

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:

Sawyer at lumber mills in early days 1910-1925

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Velvet

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Flannel

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Marie (Mrs. Edgar) Harkness

Quilt owner's city:

Ionia

Quilt owner's county:

Ionia

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Krueger, Nelli. Crazy quilt. early 1920's. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6960. Accessed: 03/29/24