
QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-67
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.2175
Owner's name for the quilt:
Centennial Quilt
Name(s) for quilt's pattern in common use:
Sampler
When was the form filled out?
12/21/1986
Quilt top made by:
Quilted by:
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Le Cheneaux Community Members
If this quilt was made by a group, describe activities the group engaged in.
Makes quilt to support the LeCheneaux Historical Museum
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Cedarville and Hessel
Where the quilt was made, county:
Mackinac
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1/1982
When was the quilt finished?
3/1984
Why was the quilt made?
Commemorative
Details about why the quilt was made:
to celebrate the centennial year of 1984
Quilt is presently used as:
Quiltmaker's gender:
Group
Quiltmaker's city:
Cedarville
Quiltmaker's county:
Mackinac
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
How did the quilt maker learn to quilt?
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Why does/did the quilt maker make quilts?
Fundraising
Name(s) of group(s) the quiltmaker belongs(ed) to:
Members include: Isabelle Sims, Amy Dunn, Annegret Goehring, Ellen Smith, Anna Kay, Sally Smale, Wilma Krino, Davine Carr, and Charlene McGurk.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
81 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
81 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the corners of the quilt:
Straight
Antique colors:
Overall color scheme:
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Damage:
Repairs:
What is inscribed on the quilt?
each block is signed and titled by maker
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1984
How was the inscription made?
Where is the inscription found on the quilt?
Describe where the inscription was found:
top
Number of quilt blocks:
36
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Sashing width:
1"
What is the shape of the quilt block?
Sampler
Number of borders:
1
Border description:
2 1/4"
Fabric type(s) used to make the quilt top:
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Novelty technique used to make the quilt top:
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Embellishment used:
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
What color is the back of the quilt?
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
Describe the back:
Materials used in the quilt binding:
Fabric structure of the binding?
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Blanket or flannel
Quilting techniques used:
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
5
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
2000 visitors each summer season see it and remark about it's meaningful beauty. It is always in the museum, but also in the community for it's dedication and during the centennial year of 1984.
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Each square has appeared separately and the whole quilt often in the "WeeklyWave," St. Ignace 1983-1984-1985
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Photocopy of news paper article in MQP file 86.2161. 99-Patch Sailboat Quit Raffle. A list of block titles, descriptions and makers are in the hard file. Clippings or photocopies. Photos of quilter
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Le Cheneaux Historical Museum
Quilt owner's city:
Cedarville
Quilt owner's county:
Mackinac
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field.
Postcard caption reads: The Les Cheneaux Historical Museum in Cedarville, Michigan, is permanent home of this Centennial Quilt. It depicts historically important buildings, places, and events in the Hessel-Cedarville area, and was made by members of the community in celebration of the centennial year 1984.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input.
Where did the quilt maker find the pattern for the quilting design on this quilt?
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Centennial Quilt. 3/1984. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-67. Accessed: 05/17/22