QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0833

Owner's name for the quilt:

Log Cabin

Quilt top made by:

Stewart, Sherrie

Quilted by:

Stewart, Sherrie

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1984

When was the quilt finished?

1984

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Farmington Hills

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Damon

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scottish Welsh German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

4 yrs. BS Occupational therapy

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Christian 'Born Again' Faith Covenant

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Damon, Dudley P.

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Pearson, Ruth L.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Stewart, Roy Jeff

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

I love it! It's relaxing and an old art that should be preserved! The quilts can be beautiful - especially with age.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Sherrie Stewart 1984 and name of daughter and her birthdate

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1984

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Sherrie Stewart

Quilt owner's city:

Farmington Hills

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum