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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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