QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6994
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0894
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
MSC 024
Quilt's title:
Fred's Quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Double Hourglass
Biography of the quiltmaker?
Mary Schafer purchased this quilt top from the estate auction of the James Pollack family. She added the borders, had it quilted and bound in 1975.
When was the form filled out?
9/9/1985
Other people who worked on this quilt:
James Pollack family
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, county:
Genessee
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
When was the quilt started?
ca 1910
When was the quilt finished?
ca 1975
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's county:
Genesee
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
74 5/8"
How long is the quilt?
85 3/8"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Damage:
Disintegration of fabric
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
42
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Sashing width:
2.5",2 7/8"
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
2 7/8" plain, red print; attempt to match original sashing fabric
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
13
How is the binding made?
Bias grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Whaley House, Flint, MI, 1980
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990.
Source of the information on this quilt:
Museum employee
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public- Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's name:
Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's city:
East Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Mary Schafer purchase it from the James Pollack family auction and added a border and binding to a finished quilt which originally had no outer border.
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
She also made a copy. This quilt was Fred Schafer's (Mary's husband) favorite quilt and was sometimes called the Husband's Quilt.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Who photographed this quilt?
KEVA
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Fred's Quilt. ca 1975. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6994. Accessed: 03/28/24
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Schafer, Mary Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project