QUILT INDEX RECORD
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