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2-33-20

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

Signature Quilt Pilot Project Number:

09.0135

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

President's Stars

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Ohio Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

1631c

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

98"

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Blue or Navy; Red

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials; Message; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

(1A) Ruth Dukelow; (1B) Colleen Beach, 1991; (1C) President's Block for Beth Donaldson from Enola Clegg 5-16-1991; (1D) Edna Eckert; (1E) Carol Seamon; (1F) Karen Riggs. (2A) Ruth Farmer; (2B) Pat Cavanaugh; (2C) Margarita Sanchez; (2D) 1991 To Beth one of my favorite teachers Roxanne Stark; (2E) Phyllis O'Connor 1991; (2F) no inscription. (3A) Helen Griffiths May 1991; (3B) Terry McKenney Person; (3C) Pauline W. Chute; (3D) Jackie Beard; (3E) Madonna Ferguson 1993; (3F) Jean Carlson. (4A) Marlene Eggert 1990; (4B) Sherlee Mauch; (4C) Beth Donaldson President C.C.Q.G. 1984-1985 (embroidered) Dorothy Jones (inked); (4D) Jan Gagliano 1991; (4E) Linda Kuhlman; (4F) Bobbie Kaczorowski. (5A) Laura Francis-Bohr; (5B) no inscription; (5C) Kathy Brower Curtis 6-91; (5D) Mary Hutchins 5-16-91; (5E) Maria Lopez Thompson May '91; (5F) Barb Hawkins. (6A) Susan Bonfiglio; (6B) Betty Stephenson 1991; (6C) Gayle Cain; (6D) Marti Caterino; (6E) Happy Quilting! Lynne Davidson; (6F) Louise K. Mueller. (7A) Jane Johnson; (7B) Georgia Hayden (stitched); (7C) Daisy DeHaven; (7D) no inscription; (7E) Cindy Mielock 1991; (7F) Thanks Beth, Carol Schon.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1991

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; Ink

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Machine quilt-as-you go construction.

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1976-1999

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1993

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Quilt top made by:

Donaldson, Beth

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Dukelow, Ruth; Beach, Colleen; Clegg, Enola; Eckert, Edna; Seamon, Carol; Riggs, Karen; Farmer, Ruth; Cavanaugh, Pat; Sanchez, Margarita; Stark, Roxanne; O'Connor, Phyllis; Griffiths, Helen; Person, Terry McKenney; Chute, Pauline W.; Beard, Jackie; Ferguson, Madonna; Carlson, Jean; Eggert, Marlene; Mauch, Sherlee; Jones, Dorothy; Gagliano, Jan; Kuhlman, Linda; Kaczorowski, Bobbie; Francis-Bohr, Laura; Curtis, Kathy Brower; Hutchins, Mary; Thompson, Maria Lopez; Hawkins, Barb; Bonfiglio, Susan; Stephenson, Betty; Cain, Gayle; Caterino, Marti; Davidson, Lynne; Mueller, Louise K.; Johnson, Jane; Hayden, Georgia; DeHaven, Daisy; Mielock, Cindy; Schon, Carol

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lansing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Ingham

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship; Commemorative

Describe the source of the pattern:

Public domain

Quilt owner's name:

private

Quilt owner's city:

Lansing

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Members of the Capitol City Quilt Guild made these blocks for me to commemorate my term as the first president of the Guild. I was president in 1984, but the blocks were not given to me until 1991.

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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Cite this Quilt

Donaldson, Bet. President's Stars. 1976-1999. From Signature Quilt Pilot Project, Signature Quilt Project Public Submission. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=2-33-20. Accessed: 03/29/24

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