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:

85.1539

Owner's name for the quilt:

Big Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Lone Star, Star of Bethelehem

Quilt top made by:

Zemmeim, Bertha

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

outer border, wide, white, includes 3 LeMoyne stars at one end (pillow tuck?); inner border narrower, dark, plain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Bertha Zemmeim

Quilt owner's country:

United States

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum