QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6909
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0755
Owner's name for the quilt:
Log Cabin Barn Raising
Biography of the quiltmaker?
Sarah Jane Weisgerber and her twin Violet Ann Little Kuhtz lived within a mile of each other all their lives and always worked closely on any project.
Quilt top made by:
Weisgerber, Sarah Jane; Kuhtz, Violette Ann Little
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
Where the quilt was made, city:
Orange twp.
Where the quilt was made, county:
Ionia
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
c1900
When was the quilt finished?
c1900
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Ionia
Quiltmaker's county:
Ionia
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Little
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1856
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1934
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
LeValley Methodist Church, Orange Twp., Ionia County
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Little, David
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Scotch
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Little, Margaret Renwick
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Scotch
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
This is a:
Finished quilt
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Sarah Jane Hanson
Quilt owner's city:
Ionia
Quilt owner's county:
Ionia
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Violet Ann Little Kuhtz to daughter Violet Elisabeth (Weisberger) Sykes, 1930
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Weisgerber, Sarah Jane; Kuhtz, Violette Ann Littl. Log Cabin Barn Raising. c1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6909. Accessed: 04/18/24