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