QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6996

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0897

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

1998:53.106

Object label:

Turkey Tracks
Maker unknown
Provenance unknown
c1910, 1968
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.106

Essay:

Mary collected this as a tied quilt in poor condition. She restored the top, added and unbleached muslin border and completed the quilt in 1968. The fabric is blue print cotton on an unbleached muslin background.

By Gwen Marston from The Mary Schafer Quilt Collection exhibit catalogue.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Turkey Tracks

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

Quilted by:

Schafer, Mary

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

When was the quilt started?

ca 1910

When was the quilt finished?

1968

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

101"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the repairs:

Mary Schafer collected this as a tied quilt in poor condition. She restored the top, added an unbleached muslin border and completed the quilt in 1968.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

32

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

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?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum