QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3769
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
96.0010
Quilt's title:
Sparrow Hospital Volunteers Quilt
Owner's name for the quilt:
Sampler
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Sparrow Hospital Volunteer group
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Lansing
Where the quilt was made, county:
Ingham
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
Fall of 1994
When was the quilt finished?
12/1996
Why was the quilt made?
Commemorative
Details about why the quilt was made:
Sparrow Hospital 100th Celebration, 1996
Quiltmaker's city:
Lansing
Quiltmaker's county:
Ingham
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's educational background:
varied
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
multi
Quiltmaker's occupation:
from all walks of life (teachers, homemakers, nurses, bank teller, and investment broker), etc.
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Gifts
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Presented as a gift from Sparrow Volunteers to the Sparrow Health System on the occasion of 100 years of service to the Lansing Area. 1896-1996 Centennial Year.
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Sparrow Hospital Volunteers include: Jan Pfeifer, Alice Diggins, Donna Reynolds, Kay Williams, Suzanne Fabian, Nancy Smith, Ginette Gomez, Joyce Whipple
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
80"
How long is the quilt?
80"
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1996
Location of inscription:
on block
Number of quilt blocks:
25
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Sampler
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
7
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Original to maker
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Sparrow Hospital Functions, Lansing, MI; Centennial Celebration, May 15, 1996, Kellogg Center.
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
In the hard file there is a book that describes each block and the quilter who made it.
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Sparrow Health System and Hospital
Quilt owner's city:
Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:
Designed the pattern
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Sparrow Hospital Volunteers Quilt. 12/1996. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3769. Accessed: 03/28/24