QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4747

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Selinsky-Green Log House Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0687

Owner's name for the quilt:

Geese in Flight variation

When was the form filled out?

6/14/1986

Quilted by:

McMacken, Lillia

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Tops maker unknown

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1986

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

St. Clair Shores

Quiltmaker's county:

Macomb

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

McMacken, Joseph

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

75"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

60 pieced, 60 plain

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Cross

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Part of collections, St. Clair Shores, MI, Selinsky-Green Log House Museum

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Selinsky-Green Log House Museum

Quilt owner's city:

St. Clair Shores

Quilt owner's county:

Macomb

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Donated in 1980

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Quilted or tied the top

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum