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12-8-6983

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0884

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hearts

When was the form filled out?

6/1/1985

Quilt top made by:

Hoag, Hildegard S.

Quilted by:

Hoag, Hildegard S.

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Flushing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

4/1985

When was the quilt finished?

5/1985

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Details about why the quilt was made:

St. Robert's Church, Flushing, MI, Xmas Bazaar

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Flushing

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Neussendorfer

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/26/1917

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School and graduate of business school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired (Secretary, State of Michigan)

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Neussendorfer, Louis

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Neussendorfer, Maria Yanker

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Retired (from G.M.)

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 50 or over

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

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

St. Robert's Holy Family Guild

Where does/did the group meet?

Flushing, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

We made quilts for a raffle at Xmas bazaars, Honey Bee, Lenox Plate (my own design), Birds in Air, Variable Star

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

20"

How long is the quilt?

21 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

36

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2"

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

greater than one inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

1 1/8"

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics were scraps from sewing clothes for my 3 daughters when they were young.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Country Living Feb. 1984

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hildegard S. Hoag

Quilt owner's city:

Flushing

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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:

I made three. My granddaughter likes hearts. When I saw it in the magazine and I saw one Mary Schafer made, I said I'm going to make my own $98 quilt.

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

Applique and too many pieced to make a choice. Favorite colors, blues, earth tones, reds.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Hoag, Hildegard S. Hearts. 5/1985. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6983. Accessed: 03/28/24