QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-4867

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.2038

Owner's name for the quilt:

Stars and Comet

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Star Sampler

When was the form filled out?

12/28/1986

Quilt top made by:

Buehl, Donna J.

Quilted by:

Buehl, Donna J.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Hastings

Where the quilt was made, county:

Barry

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1/1986

When was the quilt finished?

1987

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Commemorate the year of Haley's Comet

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Hastings

Quiltmaker's county:

Barry

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Carlisle

Quiltmaker's birth date:

9/15/1933

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School graduate

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Organist, homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Carlisle, Max

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Scotch Irish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Carlisle, Caroline Irene Moore

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Scotch Irish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

German Swiss

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Farm seed sales

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

Piecemakers

Where does/did the group meet?

Hastings, Grace Lutheran Church

What are the main activities of the group?

One quilt each year raffled as a donation to charity.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

92"

How long is the quilt?

89"

Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Donna Buehl. Name of each quilt block is embroidered in each block

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1985-86

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Number of quilt blocks:

33

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

2"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5"

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

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?

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:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Star, Rope

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabric came from many sources, shop in several cities, some traded.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Donna J. Buehl

Quilt owner's city:

Hastings

Quilt owner's county:

Barry

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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

Also includes a pillow-sham same width as quilt, made of six different stars, with pockets in back for pillows.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

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

Star sampler including a Haley's Comet design.

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Stars, large variety; Log cabin, flexibility of design

Describe any unique traditions, quilting related customs, beliefs, songs or rhymes used by the quiltmaker:

Aware of deliberately sewing in an error as only God is perfect

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum