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Flying Geese; Cut Glass Dish, Winged Square, Golden Gates, Prism Block
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QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-4342
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.2159
Owner's name for the quilt:
Flying Geese
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Cut Glass Dish, Winged Square, Golden Gates, Prism Block
Brackman # or other source & #:
1703
When was the form filled out?
12/21/1986
Quilt top made by:
Shorley, Lilly
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Hessel Presbyterian Ladies Aid
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
Where the quilt was made, city:
Detroit
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wayne
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt finished?
1975
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Detroit
Quiltmaker's county:
Wayne
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1890s
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1984
Quiltmaker's occupation:
housewife and weaver
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
born in England
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
62"
How long is the quilt?
95"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Size of quilt blocks:
40
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
3 1/2"
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton or polyester blend
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
1
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:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
5
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Edna Birge
Quilt owner's city:
Hessel
Quilt owner's county:
Mackinac
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Shorley, Lill. Flying Geese. 1975. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4342. Accessed: 04/18/24