QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7016

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0935

Owner's name for the quilt:

Historical 50 States

Biography of the quiltmaker?

Each block is embroidered with a sheild bearing the name and state flowers of each of the 50 states. A map of the United States is embroidered in the middle.

When was the form filled out?

7/10/1985

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Hazel I. Findlay Country Manor Volunteers

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fowler

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clinton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1984

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Fowler

Quiltmaker's county:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

54

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

How is the binding made?

Prairie Points

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

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

Raffle ticket: HAZEL I. FINDLAY COUNTRY MANOR VOLUNTEERS "Historical 50 State" Hand Made Quilt 50cents each of 3 for $1.00 DRAWING TO BE HELD DECEMBER 13, 1984

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Raffle or contest prize

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum