QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3584
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0505
Owner's name for the quilt:
Stained Glass Floral Appliqué
When was the form filled out?
4/12/1985
Quilt top made by:
Kennedy, Mary Lee
Quilted by:
Kennedy, Mary Lee
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Made the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Cadillac
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wexford
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1/1982
When was the quilt finished?
3/1982
Details about why the quilt was made:
Made during the January Storms of 1982 for Bathroom window "to keep the breeze out"
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Cadillac
Quiltmaker's county:
Wexford
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Keirnan
Quiltmaker's birth date:
11/18/1931
Quiltmaker's educational background:
B.S. Western Michigan University 1954
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Quilting instructor and Quilter
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Keirnan, Lee
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
Irish German
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Keirnan, Mary Shelp
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Irish German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Michigan State Highway Department
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
2
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Self-Taught
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
I found that the quilting was very relaxing and the completion of a quilt gave me a great sense of accomplishment. Each of my children has received a quilt when they went to college and will get one when they are married. Also give a quilt when each niece is married.
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?
North Star Quilters
Where does/did the group meet?
Cadillac, MI
What are the main activities of the group?
Group meets for socialble talk of quilts. Our quilting club met at the local museum to quilt on a quilt that was raffled to earn money for the museum.
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
42"
How long is the quilt?
47"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
M L Kennedy
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1982
Method used to make the inscription:
In the quilting
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
2 1/2"
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
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?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
9
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
10
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Traverse City Quilt Show, Traverse City, MI, 1984
Contests entered:
Great Lakes Quilt Show, Mt. Clemens, MI, 1982, 3rd Place Quilts under 60"
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 207, page 132.
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Made a block and am in the book, Michigan Quilters and Their Designs by Betty Boyink. Had picture and pattern in Quilt Magazine in 1981.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Mary Lee Kennedy
Quilt owner's city:
Cadillac
Quilt owner's county:
Wexford
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:
Likes cotton and cotton blends, cotton and polyester batts.
Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:
Several old quilts I have worked on have deliberate mistakes built in to them to let God know they were not tring to make a "perfect" quilt and thus bring his wrath down upon them.
Who photographed this quilt?
Peter Glendinning
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Kennedy, Mary Le. Stained Glass Floral Appliqué. 3/1982. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3584. Accessed: 03/28/24
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