QUILT INDEX RECORD

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CONTRIBUTING INSTITUTIONAL INVENTORY CONTROL NUMBERS: Enter the main control number for this item you are entering. For a museum, this will probably be your acquisition number. It may be the number given to the quilt by the state or county project.

BD 043

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Minnesota Quilters Inc.

Who documented this quilt?

Minnesota Quilt Project (MQP)

OVERALL WIDTH: inches

100

OVERALLL LENGTH: Enter how long the quilt is. Specify unit of measure (mm or in or inches).

78

TYPE OF QUILT OBJECT: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.

Finished quilt

OVERALL CONDITION: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.

Excellent/like new

TIME PERIOD: Choose the time frame that best describes when the quilt was made. The date does not have to appear on the quilt to enter it in this field. This can be your best guess based on family stories or your own knowledge of quilts.

1901-1929

LAYOUT FORMAT: Choose the best description for the layout (or set) of the quilt.

One patch or allover

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BLOCK PATTERNS PRESENT: Enter the number of different block patterns used in the quilt.

1

ALTERNATE NAME(S) FOR QUILT'S PATTERN IN COMMON USE: This is the name of the quilt pattern that it is commonly used among quilt makers and historians. It may be different in different regions of the country.

grandmother's flower garden

BRACKMAN NUMBER: If you have used Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Patterns or Applique to identify the pattern, enter the number.

160k

FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT TOP: Choose all the types of fiber that are used to make the quilt top. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Cotton

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN QUILT TOP: PIECING TECHNIQUES: Choose the piecing method used to make the quilt. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one. Skip the question if no piecing appears.

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

CONTAINS PAPER REMAINS: This field is for quilts that have been either string pieced on a paper foundation or English template pieced. Choose yes if you can feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid.

no

QUILT TOP PATTERN SOURCE: Choose where the quilt maker found the pattern for this quilt. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Public domain/traditional pattern

AUTHOR/INTERVIEWEE: The person who brought the quilt for documentation is the source. Enter his/her name here.

Blood relative of quiltmaker

RELATIONSHIP OF SOURCE PERSON TO QUILT: Choose the best description of the relationship of the source to the quilt.

Quilt owner

QUILT'S TITLE, IF IT HAS ONE: Enter the name given to the quilt by the maker. Many quilts have no title, but contemporary quilters often give a name to their quilts. If the quilt has no title, leave this field blank.

grandmother's flower garden

CITY: Enter the name of the city where the quilt was made. Skip the question if you don't know where the quilt was made.

Spring Grove

COUNTY: Enter the name of the county where the quilt was made. Skip the question if you don't know where the quilt was made.

Houston

STATE: Enter the name of the state where the quilt was made. Skip the question if you don't know where the quilt was made.

Minnesota (MN)

COUNTRY: Enter the name of the country where the quilt was made. Skip the question if you don't know where the quilt was made.

United States

QUILT TOP MADE BY: Enter the name of the person(s) who made the quilt top. Names must be first name, middle name (if given), last name.

Engene, Randine

COUNTY: Enter the county where the quilt maker lives/lived.

Houston

STATE: Enter the state where the quilt maker lives/lived.

Minnesota (MN)

COUNTRY: Enter the country where the quilt maker lives/lived.

United States

QUILTMAKER'S MAIDEN NAME: Enter the maiden name of the quilt maker.

unmarried

BIRTH DATE: Enter the birth date of the quilt maker (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965).

1882

DEATH DATE (IF APPLICABLE): Enter the date of death of the quilt maker (if applicable, as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965).

1943

DESCRIPTION OF ESSAY: Paragraph length description of the object.

grandmother's flower garden

ACCESS AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR IMAGE: Choose whether this TIF is available to use other than in this database.

Restricted

FOR HOLDER OF COPYRIGHT, CONTACT: Enter the name of the person or institution that owns the copyright to the image.

Minnesota Quilters, Inc.