QUILT INDEX RECORD
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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Schafer, Mary Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project