QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6974
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0839
Owner's name for the quilt:
9 Block
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Nine Patch
When was the form filled out?
5/6/1985
Quilt top made by:
Bugni, JoAnn E.
Name of the group that made the quilt:
Troy Junior Women's Club
Where the quilt was made, city:
Troy
Where the quilt was made, county:
Oakland
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1950-1975
When was the quilt started?
1970
When was the quilt finished?
1971
Why was the quilt made?
Fundraising
Details about why the quilt was made:
Winner lived in Grosse Pointe in 1971. Raffled as a Troy Sesquicentennial Project
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Wakefield
Quiltmaker's county:
Gogebic
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Ellig
Quiltmaker's birth date:
7/3/1936
Quiltmaker's educational background:
BS degree in Home Ec from the University of Minnesota; graduate work at Wayne State in Special Ed.
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Missouri Lutheran
Quiltmaker's occupation:
homemaker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Ellig, Otto H.
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Ellig, Marie Longhenry
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
1/2/1962
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Bugni, Donald J.
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
Italian French
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Corrections officer
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
yes
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
yes
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
81"
How long is the quilt?
96"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1971
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Location of inscription:
on back
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
20
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Sashing width:
3"
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
15"
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
How is the binding made?
Bias grain
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:
8
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Old Fashioned Arts show, Troy, MI, 1971, Oakland Mall
Person filling out this form is:
Quiltmaker
Quilt owner's country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Raffle or contest prize
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Being that so many people worked on it, it is not perfect, but it was a good project to inform the public and invite their participation.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Bugni, JoAnn E. 9 Block. 1971. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6974. Accessed: 04/26/24
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Lesson Plan
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Davis, Jaffe