QUILT INDEX RECORD
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