QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3916
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Columbiaville Historical Society Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
95.0070
Owner's name for the quilt:
Dresden Plate
Quilt top made by:
Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEssa
Quilted by:
Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEssa
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Columbiaville
Where the quilt was made, county:
Lapeer
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1989
When was the quilt finished?
1991
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Columbiaville
Quiltmaker's county:
Lapeer
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Crankshaw
Quiltmaker's birth date:
5/30/1922
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School - short course at MSU
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
retired
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Crankshaw, Verner Henry
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
English Welsh
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Crankshaw, Grace Agnes Stocker
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
11/22/1942
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Seaman, Keith
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
retired
Number of children:
4
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
4
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Under 10 years of age
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
60"
How long is the quilt?
88 1/2"
What color is the quilt?
Green
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Type of inscription:
Multiple Names
What is inscribed on the quilt?
made from the ties of Famous people whose names are embroidered on the top.
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Describe where the inscription was found:
top
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
6
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton or polyester blend
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Ties of famous people
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
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
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
4
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Floral
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Columbiaville Historical Society
Quilt owner's city:
Columbiaville
Quilt owner's county:
Lapeer
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
Cite this Quilt
Seaman, Jean E.; Traver, Peggy; Ward, LeEss. Dresden Plate. 1991. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Columbiaville Historical Society Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3916. Accessed: 11/02/24
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Columbiaville Historical Society Museum
Michigan Quilt Project