QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6985
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0886
Owner's name for the quilt:
Pinwheels and Diamonds
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Beginner's Delight
Brackman # or other source & #:
2182
When was the form filled out?
6/5/1985
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)
When was the quilt started?
early 1960's
When was the quilt finished?
11/1978
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?
81"
How long is the quilt?
93"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Hildegard Hoag
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
Pieced in 1960's and quilted in November 1978
Method used to make the inscription:
Ink
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
63
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Diamonds
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
2
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
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
7
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Where did the maker get their materials?
Sewing scraps
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
Many of the scrap prints are leftovers from 3 daughters dresses I had made. My daughters like to pick it out the prints from their dresses.
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Laura Wheeler pattern in Flint Journal,
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Crossraods Village Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, June 1 and 2, 1985
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Quilt World, Christmasn Annual 1982 p. 45.
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
Cite this Quilt
Hoag, Hildegard S. Pinwheels and Diamonds. 11/1978. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6985. Accessed: 04/26/24