
QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-2890
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.0347
Owner's name for the quilt:
String
Quilt top made by:
Shagonoby, Josie
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Holland (probably)
Where the quilt was made, county:
Ottawa
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
1982
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Holland
Quiltmaker's county:
Ottawa
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Lewis
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1896
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1989
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Ottawa Potowatomie
Quiltmaker's occupation:
waitress/factory worker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Lewis, James
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Lewis, Mary
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouse(s) occupation:
lumber company, Heinz Pickle factory, Pokagon Band of Potowatomie Chief
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
66"
How long is the quilt?
77"
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
42
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
Quilting techniques used:
Tied or tufted
Where did the maker get their materials?
Old clothes
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Our Quilts Collecting Colorful Memories, Muskegon, MI, June 1998-March 1999, Muskegon County Museum
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Exhibit label; Photos of quilter
Source of the information on this quilt:
Museum employee
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Debra Gutowski
Quilt owner's city:
Muskegon
Quilt owner's county:
Muskegon
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained.
Josie (Lewis) Shagonoby, great aunt
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
Cite this Quilt
Shagonoby, Josi. String. 1982. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2890. Accessed: 08/12/22