QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-1472
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Flushing Area Historical Museum Collection and Cultural Center
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
03.0142
Owner's name for the quilt:
Signature Quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Triple Irish Chain
Name of the group that made the quilt:
The BQ Society Methodist, Episcopal, etc.
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
1884
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
71 1/4"
How long is the quilt?
80"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Made by the BQ Society, Methodist, Epis., etc. 422 signatures (recorded on Flushing museum database)
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1884-5
Method used to make the inscription:
Ink
Location of inscription:
on block
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
20
Size of quilt blocks:
14 half blocks and 2 quarter blocks
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
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
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Flushing Area Historical Museum and Cultural Center
Quilt owner's city:
Flushing
Quilt owner's county:
Genesee
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Signature Quilt. 1884. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Flushing Area Historical Museum Collection and Cultural Center. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-1472. Accessed: 03/28/24