QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-9717
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.1548
Owner's name for the quilt:
Endless Chain
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Crazy Star
Brackman # or other source & #:
2716
When was the form filled out?
10/18/1986
Quilt top made by:
Sell, Sylvia
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, city:
Three Rivers
Where the quilt was made, county:
St. Joseph
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1901-1929
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Three Rivers
Quiltmaker's county:
St. Joseph
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Bender
Quiltmaker's birth date:
5/23/1884
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
11/7/1959
Quiltmaker's educational background:
3rd grade
Quiltmaker's occupation:
wife, cook
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Bender, David
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German Dutch
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Schrayer, Saria
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Dutch
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Under 10 years of age
This is a:
Finished quilt
Shape of edge:
Straight
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Source of the information on this quilt:
Grandson of quiltmaker
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Forrest Lammon
Quilt owner's city:
Three Rivers
Quilt owner's county:
St. Joseph
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
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
Sell, Sylvi. Endless Chain. 1901-1929. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-9717. Accessed: 04/18/24