QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0885

Owner's name for the quilt:

Single Chain and Knot

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?

2/1979

When was the quilt finished?

3/1979

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 marriage date(s):

6/11/1947

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Hoag, James E.

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?

48"

How long is the quilt?

60"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

3", 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)?

less than a half inch

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

Contests entered:

Saginaw State Fair, 9/1982, Blue ribbon

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 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