QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6993
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0893
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
MSC 002
Owner's name for the quilt:
Album
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Chimney Sweep
When was the form filled out?
9/9/1985
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Essexville
Where the quilt was made, county:
Bay
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
When was the quilt started?
c1900
When was the quilt finished?
c1975
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's city:
Essexville
Quiltmaker's county:
Bay
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
83"
How long is the quilt?
94.25"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
25 whole, 5 half
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Describe the quilt setting:
Zigzag
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
5.75" on ends, plain muslin; 3 3/8" on sides, plain muslin
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Striped
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
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:
6
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Feathering
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Scroll
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Mary Schafer Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, July 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 1980, Whaley House; This quilt has been on display at different times by Mary Schafer
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990.
Source of the information on this quilt:
Museum employee
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public- Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's name:
Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's city:
East Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Mary Schafer purchased the top, added borders and had it quilted.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Who photographed this quilt?
KEVA
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Album. c1975. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6993. Accessed: 03/29/24
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Schafer, Mary Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project