QUILT INDEX RECORD
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:
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