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Log Cabin Barn Raising

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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