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Sparrow Hospital Volunteers Quilt; Sampler

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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