QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6985

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0886

Owner's name for the quilt:

Pinwheels and Diamonds

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Beginner's Delight

Brackman # or other source & #:

2182

When was the form filled out?

6/5/1985

Quilt top made by:

Hoag, Hildegard S.

Quilted by:

Hoag, Hildegard S.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Flushing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

early 1960's

When was the quilt finished?

11/1978

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Flushing

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Neussendorfer

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/26/1917

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School and graduate of business school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired (Secretary, State of Michigan)

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Neussendorfer, Louis

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Neussendorfer, Maria Yanker

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

6/11/1947

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

Hoag, James E.

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

Irish

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

Retired (from G.M.)

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

St. Robert's Holy Family Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Flushing, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

We made quilts for a raffle at Xmas bazaars, Honey Bee, Lenox Plate (my own design), Birds in Air, Variable Star

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

93"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Hildegard Hoag

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

Pieced in 1960's and quilted in November 1978

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

63

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Diamonds

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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 is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

7

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Many of the scrap prints are leftovers from 3 daughters dresses I had made. My daughters like to pick it out the prints from their dresses.

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Laura Wheeler pattern in Flint Journal,

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Crossraods Village Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, June 1 and 2, 1985

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Quilt World, Christmasn Annual 1982 p. 45.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hildegard S. Hoag

Quilt owner's city:

Flushing

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

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

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Applique and too many pieced to make a choice. Favorite colors, blues, earth tones, reds.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum