QUILT INDEX RECORD

5-2-88

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Illinois State Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Alternate inventory control number:

2001.56

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Yoder, Magdalena Fisher

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1850

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1937

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

Did the quiltmaker have any children? If so, how many?

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Swartzentruber, Jacobina

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

Germany

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Fisher, Christian

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Germany

What is the ancestry/ethnic background of the quiltmaker's family?

Amish

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

See 1998.152.17, .18, & .19.

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

Grandmother

How did the owner get the quilt?

Purchase

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Arthur

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

List other materials available about this quilt. This may include oral history, articles, additional photos or publications, etc.

See book: Illinois Amish Quilts, pp. 48-49.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Rocky Road to California

Source of pattern name and number. Include if it is a variation.

1693

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1910

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1910

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1901-1929

Length:

76

Width:

68

Block size:

9 1/2

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

8

Quilting stitches per inch (in a second spot on the quilt):

6

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

Block pattern

Block style (top):

Squares; Same block throughout

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of full blocks; pieced, appliqued, and plain:

42

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Wool

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Predominant colors (top):

Red; Blue or Navy; Black; Gray; Cream

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

Alternating vertical rows of four-line classic cables and overlapping circles in center, diagonal parrallel lines in border.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

Cotton

What color was the quilting thread?

black

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

Single border, butted, varying widths and fabrics.

Binding and edge treatment:

Back turned to front

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

half inch - one inch

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

Wool

Thickness:

Thick (More than 3/16?)

How many pieces of fabric were used to make the quilt back?

3

Backing; fiber content:

Sateen

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

35

Backing; color:

Blue or Navy

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Fisher, Magdalena

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use