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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