QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6980

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0880

Owner's name for the quilt:

Log Cabin

Quilt top made by:

Schmidt, Maxine H.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Burton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Burton

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Clear

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/25/1918

Quiltmaker's educational background:

6th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Great Lakes Baptist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Clear, Oar

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish Dutch

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Walker, Hazel

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

5/11/1968

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Schmidt, Oswald

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

Fisher Body, Oil Co.

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Maxine H. Schmidt

Quilt owner's city:

Burton

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum