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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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