QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Lakeshore Museum Center Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.0325

Quilt's title:

Muskegon County Quilt

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Muskegon County Township Volunteers

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Muskegon

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

11/27/1997

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for the 1997 Michigan Township Association Convention. They were the "feature county."

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Describe present uses of the quilt:

After the Michigan Townships Association Convention in Detroit, the quilt was displayed at Muskegon Community College and the Muskegon County Building. It was graciously donated to the Muskegon County Museum in 1998 in order to best preserve it and make i

Quiltmaker's city:

Muskegon

Quiltmaker's county:

Muskegon

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Quiltmakers are: Bonni Rohrmoser, Toni Porter, Ann Siedenstrang, Shirley Rahn, Juanda Schleben, Judy Clarke, Barbara Dodson, and Pauline Young.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

86"

How long is the quilt?

106"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Number of quilt blocks:

49

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Ink drawing/Painting

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Describe the source of the pattern:

Judy Clarke, the quilt designer

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Our Quilts Collecting Colorful Memories, Muskegon, MI, June 1998-March 1999, Muskegon County Museum; After the Michigan Townships Association Convention in Detroit, the quilt was displayed at Muskegon Community College and the Muskegon County Building.

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

Photos of quilter; Exhibit label; Interview with quilter

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Muskegon County Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Muskegon County Township Volunteers, donor

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

However, the township volunteers fell in love with the quilt and didn't want to part with it. They made a second quilt to donate to the convention.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

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

Representing all 16 of Muskegon County's townships, The quilt is the brainchild of Toni Porter, a former Muskegon Township board member. Judy Clarke, the quilt designer, alloted each township three squares to feature the natural resources, businesses, industries, public services and people that make each community special. "Everywhere you go, there are different features." said Toni Porter. "Where else can you live with such diversity?" Completion of the quilt took nine months. After each township turned in their squares, a committee of eight women began stitching it together.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum