QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0931

Owner's name for the quilt:

LeMoyne Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sawtooth Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

2138d

When was the form filled out?

6/13/1985

Quilt top made by:

Stites, Lottie

Quilted by:

Stites, Lottie

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Traverse City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Grand Traverse

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1954

When was the quilt finished?

1955

Details about why the quilt was made:

Birthday gift for first great-grandson, David Mark Faris, born on Feb. 13, 1955

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?

33"

How long is the quilt?

46"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

DF

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1955

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

1 1/2"

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

1 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

1

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?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

11

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

13

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great grandson 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)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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