QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6988
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0888
Owner's name for the quilt:
Honey Bee
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)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
3/1979
When was the quilt finished?
12/1980
Details about why the quilt was made:
This quilt started as a crib size for an example for my quilting class.
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 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?
84"
How long is the quilt?
98"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Hildegard Hoag
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
December 1980
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
18 pieced and 17 alternate with applique
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Sashing width:
12"
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
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:
7
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Scallops
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Traditional pattern variation
Contests entered:
Saginaw County Fair, 1981, Blue ribbon
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 anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
When I showed the 6 blocks I had made to Mary Schafer, she said she had a smaller size Honey Bee for crib size which I used. Then I didn't want to waste the 6 blocks so I made enough for a full size. I ran out of the material I was using so Mary suggested I add a flower in the alternate blocks so I could use the 2nd colors in the applique swag border.
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
Cite this Quilt
Hoag, Hildegard S. Honey Bee. 12/1980. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6988. Accessed: 03/29/24