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Birmingham Bicentennial Quilt

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6977

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0845

Quilt's title:

Birmingham Bicentennial Quilt

When was the form filled out?

6/25/1985

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Birmingham

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

Fall 1974

When was the quilt finished?

Spring 1976

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

Details about why the quilt was made:

Bicentennial

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Birmingham

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

Quilt was made by 40 persons interested in City of Birmingham and bicentennial. Given to city as a gift.

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

Leslie Masters, Barb Dickey, Helen Rucarean, Barb Milton, Pat Heller, Jo Ewald, Peggy Perry, Carolyn Hall, Judy Laslie, Peggy Perry, Virginia Bayorin, Claudia Ireland, Mary Simonian, Thelma Yedlin, Jean Schuler, Joyce Nagel, and Rosemary Squires.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

King Sized Bed Sheet

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Each person's initials, Bicentennial Symbol upper left corner

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1976

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3 1/2"

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3 1/2"

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:

1

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Library, Clubs, Historic Homes

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 172, page 113. Observe and Eccentric, Thursday, March 25, 1976

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

City of Birmingham

Quilt owner's city:

Birmingham

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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:

All squares are of scene/homes in the city of Birmingham.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Birmingham Bicentennial Quilt. Spring 1976. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6977. Accessed: 03/28/24