QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1631

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

1998:53.54

Object label:

Log Cabin, Barn Raising
Des Jardins Family and Mary Vida Schafer
Essexville, Bay County, Michigan and Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan
1915 (top), c1975
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.54

Essay:

Quilting includes concentric squares in the blocks and outline and diagonal lines in the border.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Log Cabin, Barn Raising

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

Quilt top made by:

DesJardin, Family

Quilted by:

Schafer, Mary

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Essexville

Where the quilt was made, county:

Bay

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

When was the quilt started?

ca 1915-1920

When was the quilt finished?

1975

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's city:

Essexville

Quiltmaker's county:

Bay

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

85.25"

How long is the quilt?

98"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

48 whole, 16 half

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

2.75" plain

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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:

7

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Concentric squares

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Mary Schafer Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, July 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 1980, Museum, Whaley House

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum