when I was a little...

Eight Pointed Dou...

Grossman, Mary Barb...

Date Made: when I was a little girl and I'm almost 90 now

Eight Pointed Double Star

Creator: Grossman, Mary Barbara Rensch

Location Made: Grove City, OH

Quilt Size: 75.5" x 77"

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

The maker live in: Grove City, Rt 2, 1882; 3603 Guber Rd ("Old Dutch Rd"), Jackson Twp, Franklin Co, OH, 1889; retired to 155 Columbus Ave, Grove City, Ohio maybe about 1925 or before.

38-36-4782

KID: 38-36-4782

unspecified

Feathered Star

Browne, Mary Callow...

Date Made: unspecified

Feathered Star

Creator: Browne, Mary Calloway

Location Made: Springfield, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 x 70

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-40

KID: 22-18-40

unknown

Whole Cloth Quilt...

Date Made: unknown

Whole Cloth Quilt

Location Made: unknown

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Excellent matching of print top fabric.

Quilt Size: 77-1/2" x 69"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Checked

Project: Oregon Quilt Project; Willamette Heritage Center Collection

no history provided by Museum

40-38-433

KID: 40-38-433

unknown

Lone Star or Texa...

Milner, Addie Hames...

Date Made: unknown

Lone Star or Texas Star

Creator: Milner, Addie Hames Fowler

Location Made: Texas (TX)

51-148-431

KID: 51-148-431

unknown

String Quilt

Date Made: unknown

String Quilt

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Foundation Piecing

Quilt Size: 74" x 67"

Fabrics: Multiple scrap

Project: Columbia River Basin Documentation Project; White Bluffs Quilt Museum Collection

Harriet and Eliza (letter)

46-52-52

KID: 46-52-52

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

White Wholecloth

Unknown

Date Made: unknown

White Wholecloth

Creator: Unknown

Quilt Size: 82 inches x 87 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

38-36-2841

KID: 38-36-2841

unknown

old family quilt

Date Made: unknown

old family quilt

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 60 inches x 70 inches

Fabrics: Cotton

51-148-119

KID: 51-148-119

unknown

unknown

Emilie

Date Made: unknown

unknown

Creator: Emilie

Location Made: unknown, unknown

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 53 1/2 x 76

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Linen, Wool, Broadcloth, Sateen, Paisley, Print, Solid/plain, possibly hand dyed faded backing

Project: Alberta Quilt Discovery Project

Baraschi, Ukraine; Werhda, Germany; Walters House, Germany; Calgary, Alberta

44-45-1231

KID: 44-45-1231

unknown

Medallion Quilt

Date Made: unknown

Medallion Quilt

Location Made: Alberta Canada

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 161 cm x 215 cm

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Glazed, Sateen, Paisley, Solid/plain

Project: Royal Alberta Museum Permanent Collection

32-28-707

KID: 32-28-707

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

unknown

Clay's Choice

Mockle, Lucy Dygert...

Date Made: unknown

Clay's Choice

Creator: Mockle, Lucy Dygert

Location Made: Oneida , New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 1/2" x 83"

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: New York Quilt Project

She was a housewife and owned her own ice cream parlor.

49-142-2118

KID: 49-142-2118

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

top1890

Nine patch with o...

Highfield, Beatrice...

Date Made: top1890

Nine patch with odd corner

Creator: Highfield, Beatrice (Maysville, KY, $50)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, 3 template

Quilt Size: 67" x 81"

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap, Plaid, Striped, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-3937

KID: 39-40-3937

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

sometime in the 180...

Texas Lone Star

Date Made: sometime in the 1800's

Texas Lone Star

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Flannel, Feedsack, Unknown, Plaid, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Collection

The quilt maker is not noted, but the early owner was Sue Hornsby Blevins.

22-18-1938

KID: 22-18-1938

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

probably 20th centu...

Log Cabin - Strai...

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: probably 20th century

Log Cabin - Straight Furrows

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 47 inches x 54 inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, failles

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.; Morris Museum Collection

20-16-1368

KID: 20-16-1368

prior to 1899

baskets and wreat...

Date Made: prior to 1899

baskets and wreaths

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 77.5 x 85.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Collection

See attached (in Quilt book) newspaper article about the decent of quilt. The Boone family settled on Middle Creek McMinn County in 1823. She married Samuel Edgemon in 1872

22-18-1946

KID: 22-18-1946

pre1900

Dogwood

Date Made: pre1900

Dogwood

Location Made: United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-334

KID: 8-5-334

pre1900

Jacobs Ladder

Wray, Ellen Curry

Date Made: pre1900

Jacobs Ladder

Creator: Wray, Ellen Curry

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 66" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-4114

KID: 39-40-4114

pre1900

Princess Feather

Date Made: pre1900

Princess Feather

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Overcast, single template, single motif

Quilt Size: 77.75" x 79.75"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-3820

KID: 39-40-3820

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

paisley backing fab...

Log Cabin, Streak...

unknown, quilter

Date Made: paisley backing fabric could be 1870.

Log Cabin, Streak of Lightning set

Creator: unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 1/2 inches x 75 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Plaid, Print, Striped

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-2418

KID: 20-16-2418

p1900

Double Tulip or P...

Date Made: p1900

Double Tulip or Peony

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, single template

Quilt Size: 73.25" x 73.5"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-2539

KID: 39-40-2539

p1900

9 Patch

Grabbe, Wilhelmina ...

Date Made: p1900

9 Patch

Creator: Grabbe, Wilhelmina L. Sager

Location Made: Freelandville, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 69.75" x 72"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Dotted, Geometric, Plaid, Solid/plain, Striped, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-2593

KID: 39-40-2593

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 stated on form

Three Flower Appl...

Allen, Elizabeth Ga...

Date Made: not stated on form

Three Flower Applique

Creator: Allen, Elizabeth Gates

Location Made: Newport, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 79 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-436

KID: 20-16-436

not stated on form

Bricks

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: not stated on form

Bricks

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 65 inches x 72 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Wool, Plaid, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-376

KID: 20-16-376

not stated on form

Widower's Choice

Parker, Sara Jane

Date Made: not stated on form

Widower's Choice

Creator: Parker, Sara Jane

Location Made: Bridgeton, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 84 1/2 inches x 85 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Geometric, Paisley, Plaid, Print, Striped

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-616

KID: 20-16-616

not stated

Ocean Waves

LaRoe, Charlotte

Date Made: not stated

Ocean Waves

Creator: LaRoe, Charlotte

Location Made: West Milford, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 69 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-640

KID: 20-16-640

not recorded

Snowball

Parton, Alice

Date Made: not recorded

Snowball

Creator: Parton, Alice

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 57 x 74.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-940

KID: 22-18-940

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

not dated

Date Made: not dated

Fabrics: Cotton, Mourning Prints, Geometric, Floral, Dotted, Multiple scrap, Checked, Striped

Project: Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project

Grandmother was a Middletown, RI resident and died in 1937.

23-19-157

KID: 23-19-157

none

Democrat Rose

Smyth, Mrs. Joseph ...

Date Made: none

Democrat Rose

Creator: Smyth, Mrs. Joseph Grigsby

Location Made: Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Gathering/ruching, Other embellishment technique, Roses on this quilt, both large and small, are constructed by ruching; the heavily stuffed roses stand up almost 3/4 in. above the quilt surface.

Quilt Size: 70 in. x 83 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

The present owners of this quilt believe it was made in East Texas. The quiltmaker's husband, Joseph Grisby Smyth, was the son of George W. Smyth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Joseph Smyth was born in Jasper County, Texas, in 1847 and married Mrs. Smyth in 1868. The couple had ...

25-21-350

KID: 25-21-350

none

Tulip Applique

Date Made: none

Tulip Applique

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 62.0 x 78.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee; McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Collection

none

22-18-1926

KID: 22-18-1926

none

Touching Stars

Ridings, Frances

Date Made: none

Touching Stars

Creator: Ridings, Frances

Location Made: Oklahoma (OK) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61" x 73 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Muslin, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Mourning Prints, Multiple scrap, Paisley, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Oregon Quilt Project; Quilt Heritage Project of Lincoln County

The quilt top was in a house fire before inherited. The owner cut off burnt areas, made repairs, backed and quilted it. She had it looked at in Houston and was told that some of the fabric could be back as far as Civil War., Repair, border, and backing fabric purchased new in 1970's.

40-38-1174

KID: 40-38-1174

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

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

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

mid 20th century

Bed Covering

Maker, Unknown

Date Made: mid 20th century

Bed Covering

Creator: Maker, Unknown

Location Made: China

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Foundation Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 59" x 79 3/4"

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Other, Floral, Geometric, Print, Solid/plain, Blocks individually bound and whip stitched together.

Project: China Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts of Southwest China

Purchased from Textile Treasures, Pamela Najdowski, Santa Fe, NM

43-41-20

KID: 43-41-20

mid 20th c

Bed Covering

Maker, Unknown

Date Made: mid 20th c

Bed Covering

Creator: Maker, Unknown

Location Made: China

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Foundation Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 43" x 54"

Fabrics: Cotton, Wool, Other, Print, Solid/plain, Blocks individually bound and whip stitched together.

Project: China Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts of Southwest China

Purchased from Textile Treasures, Pamela Najdowski, Santa Fe, NM

43-41-15

KID: 43-41-15

mid 1800's, c1880

Crazy Quilt

Webster, Margaret C...

Date Made: mid 1800's, c1880

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Webster, Margaret Catherine Snavely

Location Made: Franklin County, Virginia (VA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, feather stitches, various fancy embroidery stitches

Quilt Size: 52.5" x 72.5"

Fabrics: Silk, Solid/plain, Geometric, Paisley, Checked, Plaid, Striped, Silk weight. Cotton thread was used in the construction of the top.

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

The quiltmaker also lived in: Virginia, 1820?-

38-36-4734

KID: 38-36-4734

maybe 1916

Schwendener, Cora T...

Date Made: maybe 1916

Creator: Schwendener, Cora Taylor (1895-1987)

Location Made: Buffalo, New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Piecing, Hand Applique, The design set is horizontal.

Quilt Size: 62" x 76"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: New York Quilt Project

Schwendener's mother was Canadian. She was a homemaker.

49-142-5036

KID: 49-142-5036

late 20th century

Suffolk Puff

Van Eeden, Mrs. Sus...

Date Made: late 20th century

Suffolk Puff

Creator: Van Eeden, Mrs. Susan J.F.F.

Location Made: Vasco, Cape Town South Africa

Quilt Size: 172cm x 135cm

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Taffeta

Project: South Africa Quilt History Project; South African Quilters' Guild - National Quilt Search

31-27-369

KID: 31-27-369

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

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 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 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 - early...

Irish Chain

Date Made: late 1800's - early 1900's

Irish Chain

Location Made: Coffeeyville, Kansas (KS) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70-1/2" x 75-1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Chintz, Muslin, Checked, Dotted, Floral, Geometric, Plaid, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Oregon Quilt Project

40-38-1913

KID: 40-38-1913

late 1800's

Sisters Quilt

Martha McPeck

Date Made: late 1800's

Sisters Quilt

Creator: Martha McPeck

Location Made: Warren, Ohio (OH) United States

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 74.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Minnesota Quilt Project

19-15-1488

KID: 19-15-1488

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