QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-1798
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
01.0121
Quilt's title:
Doris's Star Quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Lone Star
Biography of the quiltmaker?
Hobbies include archaeology, oil painting, antique furniture restoration, weaving, and Indian lore. Played bass fiddle in bluegrass band, "Home Grown Grass," for eight years; cut two albums.
Quilt top made by:
Hoskins, Helen
Quilted by:
Hoskins, Helen
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:
Durango
Where the quilt was made, county:
LaPlata
Where the quilt was made, state:
Colorado (CO)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1985
When was the quilt finished?
June 2000
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Hubbardston
Quiltmaker's county:
Ionia
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Holm
Quiltmaker's birth date:
5-4-1926
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Swedish/German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
BA (Anthropology) Michigan State University, 1984; returned to school after death of husband.
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Catholic
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Director of the Ute Cultural Tribal Center, Colorado
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Holm, Ernest W.
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Swedish
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Smith, Louise
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Southern Appalachian
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Printer; Musician, school janitor
Number of children:
7
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
5
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
2
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 30-39
Why does the quiltmaker quilt?
Pleasure
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Great feeling of accomplishment. Excuse to watch TV. Something I could pick up for a short or long time. Always carry a block with me. Have trunks of materials, whenever I go to shopping I would buy some material , usually calico making quilts relaxes me.
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?
LaPlata Quilters Guild
Where does/did the group meet?
Durango, Colorado
What are the main activities of the group?
Promote quilting
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
72 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
85 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Yellow
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
What is inscribed on the quilt?
H. Hoskins
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
2000
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Location of inscription:
on back
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
3 1/2" side borders, 11 1/2" top and bottom
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:
1
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
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:
8
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Hearts
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Interview with quilter
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Tom and Doris Pieffer
Quilt owner's city:
Hubbardston
Quilt owner's county:
Ionia
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:
Star was made in 1985 and put away until needed for daughter's wedding.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
Sometimes floor frame with rollers, sometimes 4 boards with C clamps on pully over bed pulled down to work with sometimes lap. Traditional. Prefers to quilt by hand (machine quilting becomes a 'task'), work block-by-block, and do applique so 'I can change my mind and create as I go along.'
Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:
Always leave a small mistake
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Hoskins, Hele. Doris's Star Quilt. June 2000. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-1798. Accessed: 03/29/24