QUILT INDEX RECORD
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