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:

85.0937

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sampler

When was the form filled out?

4/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Curtis, Janet Lynn

Quilted by:

Curtis, Janet Lynn

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kingsford

Where the quilt was made, county:

Dickinson

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

April 1983

When was the quilt finished?

January 1985

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Escanaba

Quiltmaker's county:

Delta

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hartt

Quiltmaker's birth date:

10/4/1950

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Alma College 1972 French and Education

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hartt, Harold

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Scottish English German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hartt, Helen Louise Collins

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English Belgique Belgium

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Cornish and Finnish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Librarian

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

What are the main activities of the group?

Quilt Show every year from 1979-1983. In Channing, MI (a tiny town in the U.P.) at the home of quilting teacher's mother, 20 ladies gathered to show completed works and to quilt on raffle quilt.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12 large, 4 small in the corners of the borders

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

2

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Meander

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

The fabrics were bought in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Delaware District Library

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Janet Lynn Curtis

Quilt owner's city:

Escanaba

Quilt owner's county:

Delta

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

As a sampler it was a good learning tool.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Uses 100% cotton, quilts at home.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum