QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-1250
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
03.0053
Quilt's title:
Comet
Quilt top made by:
Donaldson, Beth
Quilted by:
Donaldson, Elizabeth Ann
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Lansing
Where the quilt was made, county:
Ingham
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1992
When was the quilt finished?
1992
Why was the quilt made?
Teaching or learning sample
Details about why the quilt was made:
This quilt was made to appear in the book, Quilting Through the Year with New Traditions.
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Lansing
Quiltmaker's county:
Ingham
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Kolodziej
Quiltmaker's birth date:
5/1/1957
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Urban
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Polish American
Quiltmaker's educational background:
3 years of college
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Roman Catholic
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Quilter, quilt historian, Quilt collections assistant, MSU Museum
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Kolodziej, Chester John
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Polish American
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Kolodziej, Joan Trybus
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Polish American
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
June 1, 1979
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Donaldson, Thomas James
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Irish, French Canadian, American, Scottish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Vice President, Delphi Glass Corporation, Senior Analyst Small Business Administration
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?
Capitol City Quilt Guild, The Charm Group.
Where does/did the group meet?
Lansing, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
Raffle quilts, charity quilts, round robins, block exchanges, challenge quilts.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
40"
How long is the quilt?
28"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the type of inscription:
Title
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Comet" 40" x 28" machine pieced & quilted hand embellished made by Beth Donaldson 126 Horton Lansing, MIchigan
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1992
Location of inscription:
on back
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
7
Size of quilt blocks:
various
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by floated or random sashing
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Satin
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Lame
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton or polyester blend
How are the layers held together?
Machine quilting
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Stipple
Describe the quilting designs used:
circles, comet trails
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
This quilt was made to appear in the book, Quilting Through the Year with New Traditions by Winnifred L. Riddle and Dawn Goodrich Sarrault, SPPS, 1994, page 27.
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Western Wayne County Quilt Show, Belleville, MI, October 17-19, 2003
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
This quilt was made to appear in the book, Quilting Through the Year with New Traditions by Winnifred L. Riddle and Dawn Goodrich Sarrault, SPPS, 1994, page 27.
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Have published two books, Block By Block for That Patchwork Place in 1995 and Charm Quilts for EZ International in 1997.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Beth Donaldson
Quilt owner's city:
Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Made by owner
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on this quilt?
Original to maker
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Sewing machine, Traditional, bed quilts.
Who photographed this quilt?
Pearl Yee Wong
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Donaldson, Bet. Comet. 1992. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-1250. Accessed: 04/23/24
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