QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1313

Owner's name for the quilt:

Star of Bethlehem

When was the form filled out?

7/26/1985

Quilt top made by:

Haight, Mary Bell

Quilted by:

Haight, Mary Bell

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Dearborn

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sherer

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1872

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1957

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1893

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

Haight, William Eugene

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

farmer

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Dearborn Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Dearborn

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Floyd Haight, son, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum