QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2065

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bicentennial Star Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

LeMoyne Star

When was the form filled out?

11/6/1985

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Members of Frankenmuth United Methodist Church

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, city:

Frankenmuth

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saginaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1/1976

When was the quilt finished?

4/1976

Why was the quilt made?

Fundraising

Details about why the quilt was made:

Ticket for quilt was included in price of tickets for mother-daughter banquet for church May 1976, drawing. Made to raise funds for mission work of United Methodist Women. Marvel Blackmore was totally thrilled to win quilt and is handing it down to her gr

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Frankenmuth

Quiltmaker's county:

Saginaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

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:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Linsey-woolsey

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Description of the back:

Sheet

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Fabrics purchased in Saginaw.

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Better Homes and Gardens 2/197?, cover

Contests entered:

Cass River Quilters Show, Frankenmuth, MI, 10/12-13/1985

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

Frankenmuth News, Wed., April 14, 1976 (10), BICENTENNIAL QUILTING BEE

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Marvel Blackmore

Quilt owner's city:

Frankenmuth

Quilt owner's county:

Saginaw

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Raffle or contest prize

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