QUILT INDEX RECORD

5-2-197

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:

705

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.92

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Yoder, Anna Swartzentruber

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1877

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1962

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1899

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Yoder, Abraham

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hostetler, Susan

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

PA

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Swartzentruber, Jacob

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?

17 quilts in Museum's collection.

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):

Gift to her daughter Lucy.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Some Pretty Patchwork (LAC 287)

Pattern name; reference name:

Garden Basket (Nancy Cabot)

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

727

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1920

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1901-1929

Length:

70

Width:

69

Block size:

9

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

10

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:

20

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

cotton sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Lavender; Black; Cream

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines; Double parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Feathering; Wreaths

Describe the quilting designs used:

Double vertical parallel lines in pieced blocks, Featbered wreath with small center in plain blocks, single intersecting 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

What color was the quilting thread?

brown

Knots visible?

no

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

Single border on top and bottom, double border on sides, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Satin/sateen

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?

3

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Description of the back:

cotton sateen

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

32

Backing; color:

Pink

Condition:

Fair/worn

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading

Describe any other damage to the quilt:

back is worn

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Swartzentruber, Anna

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