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:

AIQP 94.0047

Quilt's title:

Puss in the Window II

Quilt top made by:

Williams, Alice

Quilted by:

Williams, Alice

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Curved Lake First Nation Reservation

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

Spring 1992

When was the quilt finished?

September 1992

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Curve Lake

Quiltmaker's province:

Ontario

Quiltmaker's country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Einar

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/9/1945

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Anishinaabe

Quiltmaker's educational background:

B.A. in Native Studies, Sociology

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Anishinaabe, Midewiwin

Quiltmaker's occupation:

teacher

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Einar, ____________

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Norway

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Einar, Sarah

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Anishinaabe Lac Seul First Nation

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

Parole Board Chair

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Class

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 30-39

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Women's work, comforting, nuturing, give-aways. Wedding, pow-wow celebrations.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Buckhorn Area Quilter's Guild, Kawartha Quiltmakers Guild

What are the main activities of the group?

Hold quilt shows annually

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

56"

How long is the quilt?

47"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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:

15

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

16

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Rose

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Her work is in the public collection of Ontario Public Service Employees Credit Union, Toronto; Anishnawbe Health Toronto; Confederation College, Thunder Bay and more.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Clippings or photocopies; Quilt label with artist statement and photos of the qult

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Alice Olsen Williams

Quilt owner's city:

Curve Lake First Nation

Quilt owner's province:

Ontario

Quilt owner's country:

Canada

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

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

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

Another work in Attic Windows technique and window panes.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum