QUILT INDEX RECORD

5-2-201

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:

767

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.96

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, 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

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.

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

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

One Patch

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:

41

Width:

32

Block size:

3

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

8

Format:

Finished quilt

Describe the object:

Crib quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

One patch or allover

Block style (top):

Squares

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton; Wool

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

cotton sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Red; Green; Purple; Beige or Tan

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Single parallel lines quilted all over the quilt.

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 with black corner blocks.

Binding and edge treatment:

Back turned to front

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)?

less than a half inch

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

Cotton

Thickness:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

Does any filling show? Are seeds (or debris) visible?

most of cotton batting is worn away, but a blue cotton broadcloth was used as a foundation

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

2

Backing; fiber content:

Sateen

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; color:

Black

Condition:

Fair/worn

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Tears or holes

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