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12-8-7266

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1600

Owner's name for the quilt:

State birds & flowers

When was the form filled out?

8/27/1985

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Wakonda School Patti Kankousky and Duane Snoboda's 3rd and 4th Grade classes

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Omaha

Where the quilt was made, county:

Douglas

Where the quilt was made, state:

Nebraska (NE)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1976

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made to celebrate the Bicentennial. Given to state Representative to take to Washington for the Bicentennial.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Omaha

Quiltmaker's state:

Nebraska (NE)

Quiltmaker's occupation:

students

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Mrs. Helen Worley, a student's grandmother helped.

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

94 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

94 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Stains

Number of quilt blocks:

49 (50th on pillow)

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

3 3/4"-4"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3 3/4",4",3 1/2"-4"

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Ink drawing/Painting

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

zigzag

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Gerald Ford Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

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

Cite this Quilt

;. State birds & flowers. 1976. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7266. Accessed: 03/28/24