QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6974

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0839

Owner's name for the quilt:

9 Block

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Nine Patch

When was the form filled out?

5/6/1985

Quilt top made by:

Bugni, JoAnn E.

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Troy Junior Women's Club

Where the quilt was made, city:

Troy

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1970

When was the quilt finished?

1971

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Details about why the quilt was made:

Winner lived in Grosse Pointe in 1971. Raffled as a Troy Sesquicentennial Project

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Wakefield

Quiltmaker's county:

Gogebic

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Ellig

Quiltmaker's birth date:

7/3/1936

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BS degree in Home Ec from the University of Minnesota; graduate work at Wayne State in Special Ed.

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Missouri Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Ellig, Otto H.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Ellig, Marie Longhenry

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1/2/1962

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

Bugni, Donald J.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Italian French

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Corrections officer

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1971

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

15"

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:

2

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Old Fashioned Arts show, Troy, MI, 1971, Oakland Mall

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Raffle or contest prize

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Being that so many people worked on it, it is not perfect, but it was a good project to inform the public and invite their participation.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum