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12-8-6997

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0899

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

MSC 090

Owner's name for the quilt:

Single Tulip

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1860

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

64.25"

How long is the quilt?

83.75"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the repairs:

Re-stiched

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20 applique, 12 plain, 14 plain 1/2 blocks, 4 plain 1/4 blocks.

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

.75" 1"/.75", 1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Contests entered:

Saginaw County Fair, 1976, Second award

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 purchased the quilt from an antique dealer, in Salem, Michigan

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Single Tulip. c1860. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6997. Accessed: 03/28/24

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