QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-792

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

02.0067

Owner's name for the quilt:

Rose of Sharon applique

Quilt top made by:

Markett, Mary Caroline

Quilted by:

Markett, Mary Caroline

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How wide is the quilt?

85"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

4

Size of quilt blocks:

29"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

9"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

9" appliqued border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

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

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

berries, leaves

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mary L Randles

Quilt owner's city:

Howell

Quilt owner's county:

Livingston

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

1992, Annie Mary Malone Vanden Bosch, mother

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

This quilt is a family heirloom made by my grandmothers grandmother who lived in southern Alabama. During the Civil War the family silver and other valuables were wrapped in the quilt, placed in an iron pot and burried in the ground to keep the Yankee troops from plundering.

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