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Bicentennial Quilt; Hexagonal Star

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7271

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:

85.1605

Quilt's title:

Bicentennial Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Hexagonal Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

142d

Quilt top made by:

McK---y, Lena C.

Quilted by:

McK---y, Lena C.

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Charles Town

Where the quilt was made, county:

Jefferson

Where the quilt was made, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1975

When was the quilt finished?

1976

Details about why the quilt was made:

Given to President Ford at Bicentennial

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Charleston

Quiltmaker's state:

West Virginia (WV)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

77 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Stains

What is inscribed on the quilt?

LENA C. MCK_ _ _ Y (?)

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1975-1976

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Stars, Crosses

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan Historical Museum

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Michigan Quilts, figure 176. p. 116

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)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Historical events, and figures embroidered on white diamonds - including medicines, president's names, signers of Declaration of Independence, wars, and the states and their dates of admission to the union.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

McK---y, Lena C. Bicentennial Quilt. 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=12-8-7271. Accessed: 03/29/24

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