QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6992
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0892
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
MSC 055a
Owner's name for the quilt:
Log Cabin, Sunshine & Shadow
When was the form filled out?
9/9/1985
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Flint
Where the quilt was made, county:
Genesee
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
ca. 1875
When was the quilt finished?
ca 1890-1910
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's city:
Flint
Quiltmaker's county:
Genesee
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
66"
How long is the quilt?
77"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Antique colors:
Indigo Blue
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
120
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
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:
3
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
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?
Cotton
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:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Whaley House
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990.
Source of the information on this quilt:
Museum employee
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public- Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's name:
Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's city:
East Lansing
Quilt owner's county:
Ingham
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Mary Schafer bought it from the Taylor family
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Who photographed this quilt?
KEVA
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
;. Log Cabin, Sunshine & Shadow. ca 1890-1910. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6992. Accessed: 04/26/24
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MacDowell, Marsha Author; Interviewer; Owner; Quiltmaker
Michigan State University Museum
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Schafer, Mary Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project