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5-2-186

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:

760

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.82

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):

Stutzman, Gertrude Schrock

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1876

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1963

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Kauffman, Lydia

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

OH

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Schrock, Jonas

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

OH

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

Amish

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

See 1998.152.83.

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

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. 38-39.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Butterfly at the Cross

Pattern name; reference name:

Rabbits Paw

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

1893

Date provided by maker/owner:

c. 1900

Date estimated by IQRP:

c. 1900

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1901-1929

Length:

80

Width:

78

Block size:

10

Sashing width:

5

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

9

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

8

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:

16

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Wool

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

wool brilliantine

Predominant colors (top):

Blue or Navy; Purple; Beige or Tan

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Feathering; Vines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Diagonal gird in pieced blocks and sashing corners, feathered bands in sashing, diamonds in inner border, four-line intersecting cable in outer 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?

light blue

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Describe the borders:

Narrow inner border, wide outer border, butted.

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:

Cotton

Thickness:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

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

reverses to center square quilt

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Backing; fabric:

Different fabrics; Back art/design on quilt back; Machine sewn; Reversible

Backing; color:

Blue or Navy

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Schrock, Gertrude

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

Cite this Quilt

Stutzman, Gertrude Schroc. Butterfly at the Cross. 1901-1929. From Illinois State Museum, Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=5-2-186. Accessed: 03/29/24