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

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sampler

When was the form filled out?

12/21/1986

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

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Cedarville

Quiltmaker's county:

Mackinac

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Fundraising

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

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

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

each block is signed and titled by maker

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1984

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 blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2 1/4"

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Blanket or flannel

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:

5

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum