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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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