QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3342
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.0838
Owner's name for the quilt:
Christmas Log Cabin
Biography of the quiltmaker?
In 1981 our High School football team won the State Championship. My youngest son, Dean was a member of that team. I made a "football" quilt for him to commerate that event.
Quilt top made by:
Pasino, Lola Ruth
Quilted by:
Pasino, Lola Ruth
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Escanaba
Where the quilt was made, county:
Delta
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1979
When was the quilt finished?
1992
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Escanaba
Quiltmaker's county:
Delta
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Flickinger
Quiltmaker's birth date:
3/25/1938
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English, German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High school graduate
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
First United Methodist Church
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Elementary school secretary
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Flickinger, Jesse Ernest ; Willet, Gerald step father
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
English, German; Irish
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Willet, Ruth Olene Bolinger Flickinger
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
9/15/1956
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Pasino, Richard A.
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
German Irish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Carpenter
Number of children:
6
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
5
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
I first began making a quilt as a solution to boredom when I was a teenager. I found that quilting is relaxing and the seemingly endless variety of design and color is fascinating. Making quilts is a way to satisfy the creativity within myself. Also, quiltmaking is a way of leaving something tangible of myself to future descendents.
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?
Bay de Noc Quilt Guild
Where does/did the group meet?
Escanaba MI
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
88"
How long is the quilt?
95"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
110
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Machine quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
7
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Lola Pasino
Quilt owner's city:
Escanaba
Quilt owner's county:
Delta
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
Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:
100% cotton fabric, and Mountain Mist Polyester Batting
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Pasino, Lola Rut. Christmas Log Cabin. 1992. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3342. Accessed: 04/26/24
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