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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