QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-9795

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1624

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for the quilt:

Snowflake Sampler

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

93 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

When was the quilt finished?

1950's

Time period:

1950-1975

Where the quilt was made, city:

Kalamazoo

Where the quilt was made, county:

Kalamazoo

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt top made by:

Bristow, Grace

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

Quilt owner

Quiltmaker's city:

Kalamazoo

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's county:

Kalamazoo

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Other names quiltmaker was known by:

Marks

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

none

Quiltmaker's occupation:

homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Marks, John

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Marks, Alice

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch

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

Bistrow, Palmer

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

Quilt owner's name:

Loralee Avery Knepper

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Perhaps for Alice Marks by her daughter Grace Marks Bristow. June Marks, my mother, Alice Marks, my grandmother (on my step-father's side)

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Mendon

Quilt owner's county:

St. Joseph

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

When was the form filled out?

10/18/1986

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

Made entire quilt