QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

85.1601

Owner's name for the quilt:

State 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

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 commemorate the Bicentennial; given to a state Representative to take to Washington

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?

92 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

89 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Stains

Number of quilt blocks:

49 painted, 36 plain, 24 half, 4 quarter, (1 on pillow)

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 1/2" plain, same print as setting squares.

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

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Describe the quilting designs used:

zigzag

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

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