unknown

Court House Steps...

Date Made: unknown

Court House Steps

Location Made: Unknown

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 64 inches x 75 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, new, old, scraps

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

15-11-3663

KID: 15-11-3663

unknown

Tumbling Blocks

Date Made: unknown

Tumbling Blocks

Location Made: United States

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Incredibly graphic.

12-8-10438

KID: 12-8-10438

unknown

Irish Chain

England, Arvilla Pr...

Date Made: unknown

Irish Chain

Creator: England, Arvilla Preston

Location Made: Lamar, Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 77.5 in. x 77.5 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

15-11-267

KID: 15-11-267

top finished 1940s

Shoo Fly

Date Made: top finished 1940s

Shoo Fly

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 84" x 88"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Old blocks with newer (1940s) fabric used as border and connecting blocks.

12-8-10434

KID: 12-8-10434

time span

String

Christopherson, Vio...

Date Made: time span

String

Creator: Christopherson, Violet

Location Made: Marinette, Wisconsin (WI)

Contruction: Foundation Piecing

Quilt Size: 80 3/4" x 70 3/4"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Velvet

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

This quilt was my favorite because as a child I loved to feel the velvet and all of the love and warmth sewed into it., My grandmother's (Louisa Bartels) wedding dress and Grampa's (John Bartels) wedding suit are in this quilt. They were married in the 1800s. She used pieces from members of the fami...

12-8-2472

KID: 12-8-2472

started quilting in...

Scrap quilt

Burnett, Harriet El...

Date Made: started quilting in 2002

Scrap quilt

Creator: Burnett, Harriet Elizabeth

Location Made: Adrain, Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 72 1/2" x 100"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-1603

KID: 12-8-1603

spring 1999

Love to Wini

Wynn, Sylvia

Date Made: spring 1999

Love to Wini

Creator: Wynn, Sylvia

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Two blocks are simply a large sqaure of floral fabric with a large heart machine quilted in the center of the block.

Quilt Size: 51.5 inches x 51.5 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Multiple scrap, Novelty, Print

Project: Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

I am still trying to learn who actually put the blocks together as a quilt after eachindividual made their block. Wini was a founding member of the Northwest Quilting Connection here in Washington State, a past President and their newsletter editor for almsot 13 years.

2-33-7

KID: 2-33-7

sewn together and q...

Basket pattern

Buskirk, Catherine

Date Made: sewn together and quilted1969

Basket pattern

Creator: Buskirk, Catherine

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68" x 76"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-9574

KID: 12-8-9574

quilted in 40s

Shoofly II

Harwick, Olive

Date Made: quilted in 40s

Shoofly II

Creator: Harwick, Olive

Location Made: Monroe, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72" x 84"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-10156

KID: 12-8-10156

quilted in 2012

Flying Geese

Galpern, Rhonda

Date Made: quilted in 2012

Flying Geese

Creator: Galpern, Rhonda

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 98" x 78.5"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

11-37-3309

KID: 11-37-3309

pre1900

Dogwood

Date Made: pre1900

Dogwood

Location Made: United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-334

KID: 8-5-334

pre-1898 (maker die...

Crazy

Orianna Seymour

Date Made: pre-1898 (maker died in 1898)

Crazy

Creator: Orianna Seymour

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, Gold fringe on top and bottom

Quilt Size: 56.5 inches x 78 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, Multiple scrap

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Quiltmaker's parents lived in and around Holdridge, Nebraska.

15-11-1741

KID: 15-11-1741

over 100 years ago

Sunburst variatio...

June, Calista

Date Made: over 100 years ago

Sunburst variation

Creator: June, Calista

Location Made: Saranac, Michigan (MI)

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-6951

KID: 12-8-6951

not known

Sunburst variatio...

Jensen, Violet Knox...

Date Made: not known

Sunburst variation of Dresden Plate

Creator: Jensen, Violet Knox

Location Made: Antigo, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Quilt Size: 76 in. x 88 in.

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

15-11-3079

KID: 15-11-3079

not finished

Sampler Quilt

Robinson, Donna

Date Made: not finished

Sampler Quilt

Creator: Robinson, Donna

Location Made: Breckenridge, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 75 1/2" x 86 1/2"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Each block represents a pattern the quilter has used to make one or more quilts. Quilter's children ask her to make the sampler quilt, and make 1 block of every pattern she had ever used for a quilt.

12-8-8302

KID: 12-8-8302

modern

Robbing Peter to ...

Date Made: modern

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4677

KID: 12-8-4677

modern

Double Wedding Ri...

Woodke, Mrs.

Date Made: modern

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Woodke, Mrs.

Location Made: Indiana (IN)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4711

KID: 12-8-4711

modern

Double Wedding Ri...

Woodke, Mrs.

Date Made: modern

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Woodke, Mrs.

Location Made: Indiana (IN)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4694

KID: 12-8-4694

mid-1800s

Printed Red Trian...

Thomas, Elizabeth (...

Date Made: mid-1800s

Printed Red Triangles and Squares

Creator: Thomas, Elizabeth (nee Jarbo)

Location Made: Illinois (IL) United States

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project

When she died in 1877, her eyesight had deteriorated to the point she needed guidance to find places and things.

5-2-634

KID: 5-2-634

late 20s or 30s

Log Cabin

Dowling, Anna

Date Made: late 20s or 30s

Log Cabin

Creator: Dowling, Anna

Location Made: Michigan (MI)

Quilt Size: 69" x 81"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-1499

KID: 12-8-1499

late 19th century

Crazy Quilt

Date Made: late 19th century

Crazy Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Embroidery, Open/Dimensional work

Quilt Size: 71 1/2" x 78"

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan History Center Collection

12-8-2338

KID: 12-8-2338

late 1960s

Sunbonnet Dolls

Beaumont, Stella Wi...

Date Made: late 1960s

Sunbonnet Dolls

Creator: Beaumont, Stella Wilma Wenzel

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 68" x 85"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

My grandmother started these quilt in 1930s. When I was a teenager I appliqued some of the squares my grandmother passed away before the quilts were finished and my mother Loretta Clover finished them.

12-8-3838

KID: 12-8-3838

late 1960s

Alphabet

Beaumont, Stella Wi...

Date Made: late 1960s

Alphabet

Creator: Beaumont, Stella Wilma Wenzel

Location Made: Detroit, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 58" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

I can remember as a small child playing with the pieces she had already finished. As a teenager I helped her to finish the squares.

12-8-3837

KID: 12-8-3837

late 1920s early 19...

Pinwheel

Stanage, Bertha

Date Made: late 1920s early 1930s

Pinwheel

Creator: Stanage, Bertha

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 55" x 94"

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-2484

KID: 12-8-2484

late 1800's

Flower Pot/Basket...

Gale, Edna

Date Made: late 1800's

Flower Pot/Basket

Creator: Gale, Edna

Location Made: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 82 inches x 85 1/4 inches

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

15-11-2191

KID: 15-11-2191

late 1800's

Log Cabin

Date Made: late 1800's

Log Cabin

Quilt Size: 58 inches x 73 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Quilt was purchased at the Wisconsin State Park Craft Fair.

15-11-2263

KID: 15-11-2263

last half 19th cent...

Pineapple Log Cab...

Whitten, Mother

Date Made: last half 19th century

Pineapple Log Cabin

Creator: Whitten, Mother

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 33 1/2" x 46 5/8"

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan History Center Collection

12-8-2713

KID: 12-8-2713

last half 19th cent...

Complex T

Date Made: last half 19th century

Complex T

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 80" x 96"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan History Center Collection

12-8-2731

KID: 12-8-2731

further research ne...

Candlewicking/ Ch...

Date Made: further research necessary to determine accurate date of quilt

Candlewicking/ Chenille?

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery, Candlewicking

Quilt Size: 84.5 x 90.5

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

11-37-1952

KID: 11-37-1952

estimate c.1928

red work

Foster, Eleanor Fra...

Date Made: estimate c.1928

red work

Creator: Foster, Eleanor Frances Foley

Location Made: Tamaqua, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Other novelty technique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 71 in x 74 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Quilt done as a teenager? Her mother was a seamstress

15-11-272

KID: 15-11-272

early 1970s

Album Block Quilt...

Shields, Elizabeth ...

Date Made: early 1970s

Album Block Quilt

Creator: Shields, Elizabeth Van Lopik; Glerum, Jennie;

Location Made: Spring Lake, Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 79" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-2649

KID: 12-8-2649

early 1970s

Sunbonnet boy and...

Parker, Anita

Date Made: early 1970s

Sunbonnet boy and girl, ABCs

Creator: Parker, Anita

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 56" x 86"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

12-8-4420

KID: 12-8-4420

during the 1800s

Pinwheel

Carlson, Caroline

Date Made: during the 1800s

Pinwheel

Creator: Carlson, Caroline

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project

1852 - Came to America - crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat

5-2-540

KID: 5-2-540

don't know

Pincushion

Mortenson, Ruth

Date Made: don't know

Pincushion

Creator: Mortenson, Ruth

Location Made: Easton, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Quilt Size: 74 in. x 83 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Other quilts she made have been given to her daughter and grandchildren

15-11-3065

KID: 15-11-3065

date needs research...

Scrappy Patchwork...

Date Made: date needs research; fabrics from 1830s-1899

Scrappy Patchwork

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 76 x 85.25

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, chambray/Garibaldi's from late 1800s/Prussian blue from 1840s-1850s/block print yellow from 1830s/half-mourning/plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-43

KID: 11-37-43

date needs research...

Broken Dishes?

Date Made: date needs research

Broken Dishes?

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-2352

KID: 11-37-2352

date needs research...

Crazy

Date Made: date needs research

Crazy

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 70 x 85

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, Print, damask, ribbons, twill weave, pile weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-2768

KID: 11-37-2768

date needs research...

Capenter's Wheel

Pendleton, Evelyn

Date Made: date needs research

Capenter's Wheel

Creator: Pendleton, Evelyn

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 86

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-3769

KID: 11-37-3769

date needs research...

4 Patch

Date Made: date needs research

4 Patch

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-3879

KID: 11-37-3879

date needs research...

Pinwheel in Star

Date Made: date needs research

Pinwheel in Star

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 x 82

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, white fabric has stamped embroidery pattern

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4152

KID: 11-37-4152

date needs research...

4 Strip variation...

Reynolds, Nellie Br...

Date Made: date needs research

4 Strip variation

Creator: Reynolds, Nellie Braley

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 x 73

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4423

KID: 11-37-4423

date needs research...

9 Patch

Date Made: date needs research

9 Patch

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 86 x 87

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Martha's Vineyard Historical Society

11-37-4570

KID: 11-37-4570

date needs research...

Grandmother's Flo...

Date Made: date needs research

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 79 x 80

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4642

KID: 11-37-4642

date needs research...

9 Patch variation...

Date Made: date needs research

9 Patch variation

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 x 72

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4699

KID: 11-37-4699

date needs research...

Grandmother's Flo...

Date Made: date needs research

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4979

KID: 11-37-4979

date needs research...

Whole Cloth

Date Made: date needs research

Whole Cloth

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 87.5 x 87.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, blue & white resist, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Historic Deerfield-Memorial Hall Museum

11-37-5273

KID: 11-37-5273

date needs research...

Wedding Ceremony ...

Date Made: date needs research

Wedding Ceremony Quilt/ pictorial

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Wool, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Falmouth Historical Society

11-37-5474

KID: 11-37-5474

date needs research...

Double Irish Chai...

Lane, Martha Jane

Date Made: date needs research

Double Irish Chain

Creator: Lane, Martha Jane

Quilt Size: 67 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-6092

KID: 11-37-6092

date needs research...

Doll quilt

Date Made: date needs research

Doll quilt

Quilt Size: 14 x 20

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-75

KID: 11-37-75

date needs research...

9 Patch

Isele, Martha

Date Made: date needs research

9 Patch

Creator: Isele, Martha

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 79 x 80

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, same fabric design in different colors, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-1287

KID: 11-37-1287

date needs research...

Ocean Waves

Date Made: date needs research

Ocean Waves

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 27 x 31.25

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Ramapoque Historical Society at Josiah Day House

11-37-1908

KID: 11-37-1908

date needs research...

Petticoat

Date Made: date needs research

Petticoat

Quilt Size: 47 x 38

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Glazed, Solid/plain, polished cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Mattapoisett Historic Society

11-37-1666

KID: 11-37-1666

date needs research...

Petticoat

Date Made: date needs research

Petticoat

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Ramapoque Historical Society at Josiah Day House

11-37-1699

KID: 11-37-1699

date needs research...

Bed Rug

Date Made: date needs research

Bed Rug

Fabrics: Wool

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Historic Deerfield-Memorial Hall Museum

11-37-2469

KID: 11-37-2469

date needs research...

Fields & Furrows

Date Made: date needs research

Fields & Furrows

Contruction: Foundation Piecing

Quilt Size: 26.5 x 59.5

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Silk, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Berkshire Historical Society at Arrowhead

11-37-2568

KID: 11-37-2568

date needs research...

Bear's Paw

Brannon, Mrs

Date Made: date needs research

Bear's Paw

Creator: Brannon, Mrs

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 x 80

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4080

KID: 11-37-4080

date needs research...

Triple Irish Chai...

Date Made: date needs research

Triple Irish Chain

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 88

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4293

KID: 11-37-4293

date needs research...

Album

Date Made: date needs research

Album

Quilt Size: 87 x 88.5

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4339

KID: 11-37-4339

date needs research...

Aunt Lucinda's va...

Richard Utt's great...

Date Made: date needs research

Aunt Lucinda's variation

Creator: Richard Utt's great-grandmother

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70.5 x 84.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4343

KID: 11-37-4343

date needs research...

Carolina Lily var...

McLaughlin, Della

Date Made: date needs research

Carolina Lily variation

Creator: McLaughlin, Della

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 91 x 92

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-4347

KID: 11-37-4347