QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6691

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

15.0188

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2015:16.1

Essay:

Petersheim made this quilt to raise awareness and funds to benefit Amish children with the Crigler-Naijar Syndrome. She and other Amish and Mennonite quiltmakers work through Carey Harrison, a non-Amish, who grew up with the Amish in Ohio and Pennsylvania and sells quilts through her store in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, or on EBay. Carey says that: “Crigler-Najjar is my project to help these very special children. When my husband passed away from prostrate, bone and brain cancer this past year he was covered with a quilt made by my Amish friend Ada Miller of Shipshewana, Indiana. When I pass away I want to be covered with this same quilt. My Amish friends are very special to me and pray for me and others all the time. I am blessed to know them.”

Quilt's title:

Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Quilt

When was the form filled out?

6/25/2015

Quilt top made by:

Petersheim, Emma

Quilted by:

Petersheim, Emma

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Museum employee

Where the quilt was made, city:

Marlette

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2015

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Amish

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

105"

How long is the quilt?

112"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue; Yellow; White

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost 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

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

"Quilts and Health," Marsha MacDowell, Clare Luz and Beth Donaldson, University of Indiana Press, 2017.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

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

Handmade Authentic Amish Quilt by Emma Petersheim of the Michigan Old Order Amish. Quilt measures 105 x 112 with rounded border corners. Excellent machine piecing and hand quilting. 100% beautiful cotton designer fabrics in lemon, blue and green. Machine washable, fits standard king as a bedspread or tall king with a ruffle. Reversible to a lovely print whole cloth quilt. Can be placed on the bed in either direction. Signed and dated. Certification of Authenticity included. Proceeds from the sale of this quilt benefit children with Crigler-Najjar Syndrome. A very special Sunshine Quilt and very beautiful.

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum