QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7011
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0927
Owner's name for the quilt:
The Monument
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Garfield's Monument
Brackman # or other source & #:
889
When was the form filled out?
6/10/1985
Quilt top made by:
Stites, Lottie
Quilted by:
Faris, Marjorie
Where the quilt was made, city:
Traverse City
Where the quilt was made, county:
Grand Traverse
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
When was the quilt started?
1900
When was the quilt finished?
1981
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Traverse City
Quiltmaker's county:
Grand Traverse
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Davison
Quiltmaker's birth date:
7/28/1884
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
5/1/1968
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Davison, William
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
English German
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Nicklas, Elizabeth
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
German Scotch
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Carpenter
Number of children:
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
92"
How long is the quilt?
105"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
MLF
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1981
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
64
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Number of borders:
1
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
How is the binding made?
Straight 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:
10
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
11
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Stewart's Birmingham.
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Somerset Mall Show, Troy, MI; Jinny Beyer's Seminar- Jan '84 Hilton Head
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 91, page 68.
Source of the information on this quilt:
Granddaughter of quiltmaker
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Marjorie L. Faris
Quilt owner's city:
Berkley
Quilt owner's county:
Oakland
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Lottie Stites to son Clarence Stites, to daughter Marjorie Faris
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Stites, Lotti. The Monument. 1981. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7011. Accessed: 03/30/24
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Lesson Plan
Quilt Squares
Davis, Denise