QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Illinois State Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Illinois Quilt Research Project Registry Number:

742

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.39

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):

Beachy, Lydia J. Miller?; Yoder, Susanna Kauffman ?

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1859

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1944

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Yoder, Daniel M.

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

7

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Beachy, Catherine

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

OH

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Kauffman, Moses J.

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

OH

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

Amish

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

Anything else we should know about this quilt? (i.e. customs, stories):

Quilt handed down in family of Emma D. Yoder Beachy and was made by her mother, Susanna Yoder or her husband's mother, Lydia Beachy.

Has this quilt been exhibited/displayed? Explain:

“Illinois Amish Quilts: Sharing Threads of Tradition.” Springfield, IL. Illinois State Museum.

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

See book: Illinois Amish Quilts, pp. 26-27.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Nine Patch variation

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1880

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1880

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1876-1900

Length:

79

Width:

66

Block size:

11

Binding width:

1

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

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:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

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

12

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Wool

Fabric type:

Handwoven

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

alternating-thread-color weaving

Predominant colors (top):

Red; Orange; Green; Gray

Colors that describe how the fabric was made, (usually a dye process) or where the fabric was manufactured:

Madder Red or Cinnamon Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Double parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Feathering; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Double parallel lines in pieced blocks, feathered circle in plain blocks, sisngle cable in inner border, diagonal parallel lines in outer border.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

Cotton

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

Single border on top and bottom, narrow inner border and wider outer border on sides, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

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:

Cotton

Thickness:

Medium (3/16?)

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

4

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Description of the back:

chambray

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; color:

Brown

Condition:

Fair/worn

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Tears or holes

Details

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Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kauffman, Susanna

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