QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-1038

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

94.0067 AIQP

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

7594.1

Object label:

Lone Star
Leda Johnson
Ojibwa, Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada
c1994
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#7594.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Lone Star

Quilt top made by:

Johnson, Leda

Quilted by:

Johnson, Leda

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Walpole Island

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1994

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Wallaceburg

Quiltmaker's province:

Ontario

Quiltmaker's country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Canadian Native American Ojibwa

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Self-Taught

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Income

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

For the most part Leda sells her work straight out of her home, or by special order.

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

80"

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

80"

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Sisters of the Great Lakes: Art of American Indian Women: December 20, 1997 - July 5, 1998, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois; September, 2000 - February, 2001, Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center & Museum, Crandon, Wisconsin; May - September, 2002, Fort Miami Heritage Society, St. Joseph, Michigan; Winter, 2004 (tentative), Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Michigan.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter; Interview with quilter; Brochure

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

9/13/1994, Jan Reed, Nokomis Learning Center

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

The number four is powerfully symbolic in Native American culture, representing many things: the four directions of East, North, South and West; the four stages of life (a recurring theme in this collection), birth, youth, maturity and old age; the four races of humankind. While the design has origins in centuries old, the art of quilting was introduced to Native Americans through the missionaries.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum