QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7675

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Detroit Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2036

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

67.116.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Blazing Star

When was the form filled out?

8/22/1985

Quilt top made by:

O'Hara, Margaret

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, county:

Emmet

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1875-1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Emmett

Quiltmaker's county:

St. Clair

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

O'Brian

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

85"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3 1/8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

One side row has fabrics of similar color scheme but different prints in the pieced blocks, sashes and border than used in the rest of the top. The hand stitches are also different. The odd row has bigger and less neat stitches from those sewn in the rest of the top. Sashes of the added row don't align to the other sashes.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Plain and Fancy: Quilts and Coverlets of the 19th Century, Detroit, MI, 1/22-8/25/1974, Detroit Historical Museum

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Detroit Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Detroit

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. Margaret O'Hara Heide, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum