QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7002
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0904
Owner's name for the quilt:
Windmills and Tulips
Quilt top made by:
Finch, Yvonne M.
Quilted by:
Finch, Yvonne M.
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Mt. Morris
Where the quilt was made, county:
Genesee
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1984
When was the quilt finished?
10/31/1989
Why was the quilt made?
Therapy
Details about why the quilt was made:
Did a lot of work on this while I was in the hospital during September 1984.
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Mt. Morris
Quiltmaker's county:
Genesee
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
2/16/1938
Quiltmaker's educational background:
12th
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Catholic
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Quiltmaker's father's name:
____, Wm.
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
French Italian
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
_____, Mary
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Irish German
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
2/18/1956
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Finch, Donald
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Carpenter
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Mt. Morris Quilt Club
This is a:
Finished quilt
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Type of inscription:
Initials
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Y.F.
Describe where the inscription was found:
Corner
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton or polyester blend
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
How is the binding made?
Bias grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Leaf
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Fabrics purchased at T.G.Y., Clio,
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Yvonne M. Finch
Quilt owner's city:
Mt. Morris
Quilt owner's county:
Genesee
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Finch, Yvonne M. Windmills and Tulips. 10/31/1989. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7002. Accessed: 04/26/24