QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

93.0049

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Blazing Star, Star of the East, Quilt of the Century, Combination Feathered Star, The Blazing Star of Minnesota, Patriotic Star, Little Star, Rising Star, Star of the Bluegrass Quilt, Morning Star, Eastern Star, Unknown Star.

Brackman # or other source & #:

3772

Quilt top made by:

Sanders, Beulah

Quilted by:

Sanders, Beulah

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

River Rouge

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1945

When was the quilt finished?

1945

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

River Rouge

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Moore

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/11/1904

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American

Quiltmaker's educational background:

4th grade complete

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Moorish Americna

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Moore, Henry

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Moore, Ellen Stampley

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

12/2/1922

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Sanders, Robert Willie

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Laborer Detroit Steel Mill

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

68"

How long is the quilt?

76"

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Tears or holes

Describe the borders:

1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Dolores V. Moore Leonard

Quilt owner's city:

Detroit

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

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:

Generally as I recall after Mama finished piecing the quilt, several ladies would convene in the dining room and quilt the quilt. Daddy would remove the dining room table top, move the base, set up sawhorses and use two long poles for rolling. The ladies sat across from each other quilting the top and enjoying their snuff.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum