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:

85.1341

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

My Mother's Little Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sawtooth Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

2138d

How wide is the quilt?

84.5"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

342 pieced blocks, 306 white blocks, 350 white half blocks, total 6500 pieces

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Heart, X

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

12

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

13

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

5

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Star Quilt, My Mothers Little Star, 342 pieced blocks, 17 pieces each block, 2394, 342, 5814 pieces, 306 white squares, 350 half white squares, 6500 pieces in quilt, This quilt is several years older than I am - some of the pieces date back to 1838 or longer when Ma began to piece the blocks - finished and quilted after she was married. Married Aug. 12, 1847. This quilt was pieced by Mrs. John Garlock (Rebecca), mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Rice and Grandmother of Don Garlock. Mrs. Elizabeth Rice wrote the above notes and dates of her mothers quilt. The late Mrs. John Galock of Watertown.

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

When was the quilt started?

ca 1838

When was the quilt finished?

ca 1850'S

Time period:

1850-1875

Where the quilt was made, city:

started in Herikimer, NY

Where the quilt was made, county:

finished in

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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

Michigan Quilts, figure 7. p. 22.

Quilt top made by:

Garlock, Rebecca

Quilted by:

Garlock, Rebecca

Quiltmaker's city:

Lansing

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's county:

Ingham

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Other names quiltmaker was known by:

Barringer

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/7/1824, Herkimer County, NY

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/29/1893

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

elementary school?

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Barringer, _____

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1847

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Garlock, John

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

German

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

farmer

Number of children:

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

6

Quilt owner's name:

Marilyn Maier Smith

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. John Garlock to daughter Libby Garlock Rice to niece and nephew Don and Watie Garlock, Watie Garlock to daughter Ruth Garlock Maier to daughter Marilyn Maier Smith

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Ledge

Quilt owner's county:

Eaton

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

When was the form filled out?

10/1/1984

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

Some pieces date to 1838 or earlier, but the quilt was not finished until after her 1847 marriage

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

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

Made entire quilt

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

Inherited

Shape of corners:

Straight

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Mrs. Libby Garlock Rice left a note attached to the quilt

Describe where the inscription was found:

attached to the quilt