QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-8008
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Frankenmuth Historical Museum Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.2069
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
1978.21.118
Owner's name for the quilt:
Log Cabin Light and Shadows
When was the form filled out?
7/29/1985
Quilt top made by:
List, Anna Margaret
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Frankenmuth
Where the quilt was made, county:
Saginaw
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
pre 1900
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Frankenmuth
Quiltmaker's county:
Saginaw
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hubinger
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1858
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Frankenmuth
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Michigan
Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:
United States
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1930
Quiltmaker's educational background:
probably 8th grade
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Missouri Synod Lutheran
Quiltmaker's occupation:
housewife
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Hubinger, Johann Georg
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German (Dessamansdorf, Kingdom of Bavaria)
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Hubinger, Rosina B. Keller
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German (Klarsbach, Kingdom of Bavaria)
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
carpenter
Number of children:
6
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
5
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
68 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
78"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Repairs:
Tear or hole sewn together
Describe the quilt's layout:
Vertical strip
Number of quilt blocks:
36
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Describe the borders:
4 1/2"
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
What color is the back of the quilt?
Yellow
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
How is the binding made?
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Wool
How are the layers held together?
Tied or tufted
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Clippings or photocopies; Hubinger genealogy
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Frankenmuth Historical Museum
Quilt owner's city:
Frankenmuth
Quilt owner's county:
Saginaw
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
The donor was Mrs. Margaret Nuelken (the maker;s granddaughter).
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:
The List's raised sheep (at that time Main Street residents could) and that the black sheep's wool was taken to the Frankenmuth Woolen Mill, carded, and used as the batt. The wool is visible through the wear in the fabrics.
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
List, Anna Margare. Log Cabin Light and Shadows. pre 1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Frankenmuth Historical Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8008. Accessed: 03/29/24