QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Claire Vlasin Quilt Collection

Who documented this quilt?

Ray and Claire Vlasin Antique Quilt Collection

Claire Vlasin Legacy Project Number:

cv092

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

1996.01

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Great designed flower garden. All cotton, no batting. Vibrant depression colors: red, green and yellow and the same vibrant yellow fabric in the backing. 33 7 1/2" blocks. This is distinctive in that the artist made certain there was a flower petal in each of the second row of blocks. The three borders are also made up of individual hexagons. Lovely quilting and bound by buttonhole stitches all around.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

10/21/2015

Who helped you fill out the form?

Beth Donaldson

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Ray Vlasin home, East Lansing, MI

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

How wide is the quilt?

74"

How long is the quilt?

106"

Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

What color is the quilt?

Blue; Gold; Green; Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Label:
Name: Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Size: 74" x 106".
Origin: Cover Ups by Fran. Lansing, MI.
Said to have been made by Jo Postemus.
Grand Rapids, MI.
Age/date: c1930-1940's.
Owner: Claire Vlasin.
street address.
East Lansing, MI.
Reference #: 1996.01.

Tag:
Grandma Flower Garden.
74x106.
1996.01

Time period:

1930-1949

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

c1930-1940's

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Number of quilt blocks:

53 flower motifs

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Describe the quilt setting:

Separated by a single row of hexagons with alternating hexagon clusters forming a triangle.

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

Inner, 2 rows of red hexagons, 3 1/2"; middle, two rows of green hexagons, 3 1/2"; outer, two rows of gold hexagons, 3 1/2".

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilt top made by:

Postemus, Jo

Where the quilt was made, city:

Grand Rapids

Where the quilt was made, county:

Kent

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Purchased from Cover Ups by Fran, Lansing, MI. The lady that sold the quilt to my husband said it had been made by a Jo Postemus of Grand Ledge, MI.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"Antique Quilts from the Collection of Claire Vlasin" at Crossroads Village, 1999 Quilts at the Crossroads, September 24-26, 1999, Flint, Michigan. #35

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Ray and Claire Vlasin

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Ray Vlasin

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

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