QUILT INDEX RECORD
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
Details
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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