QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

17.0008

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

2017:1.1

Quilt's title:

LeMoyne Star

When was the form filled out?

3/15/2017

Quilt top made by:

Plass, Margaret Horton

Where the quilt was made, city:

Jackson

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1860

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

81"

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Red; Cream; Purple; Navy

Type of inscription:

Message; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Made by Mrs. Margaret Plass during the Civil War. Now owned by Mrs. M. W. Schroeder.

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label; Typewriter

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Typewritten, paper note

Describe where the inscription was found:

Pinned to the quilt

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

121

Size of quilt blocks:

4.25"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

121, 4.5", LeMoyne Star blocks are set on point alternating with tan print blocks. The top edge is a 2" border of the tan print fabric that binds the top of the quilt by folding to the back. The sides have half blocks and the corners have quarter blocks. The three sides have a scant .25" binding of two tan fabrics. The LeMoyne Star blocks are outline quilted and the alternating tan blocks are a 1" square grid. Fabrics are mostly prints including fugitive purples, double pinks, madder reds, and tans. Most of the backgrounds are solid cream cotton, with a few that are ditsy prints. The back is cream cotton and the filling is cotton.

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

See document file for Ancestry print-out, paper label, obituary, newsclipping, print-outs of maker, husband and family, military papers for Margaret's husband Augustus from the Civil War.

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

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)

How was this quilt acquired?

Received as a gift

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum, all rights reserved