QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7957

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1104

Owner's name for the quilt:

Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Blazing Star, Star of the East, Quilt of the Century, Comination Feathered Star, The Blazing Star of Minnesota, Patriotic Star, Little Star, Rising Star, Star of the Bluegrass Quilt, Morning Star, Eastern Star, Unkown Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

3772

When was the form filled out?

6/20/1985

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

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1875

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

88"

How long is the quilt?

88"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Coil or Chain

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Anne K. Ferguson

Quilt owner's city:

Fenton

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Claire Kendrick (Mrs. J. H.) owners, mother Jane and Lizzie Carvell, mother's friends

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum