QUILT INDEX RECORD
5-2-205
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:
773
Alternate inventory control number:
1998.152.100
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 other 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
List other materials available about this quilt. This may include oral history, articles, additional photos or publications, etc.
See book, Illinois Amish Quilts, pp. 68-69
Date owner signed the form:
c. 1988
Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:
Evening Star Medallion
Date provided by maker/owner:
ca. 1929
Date estimated by IQRP:
ca. 1929
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Jan Wass, Curator
Time period:
1901-1929
Length:
77
Width:
73
Medallion size:
49
Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?
8
Format:
Finished quilt
Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:
Machine Piecing
Construction (top):
Medallion or framed center
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Number of full blocks; pieced, appliqued, and plain:
1
Fabric; fibers:
Wool
Fabric print:
Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
brilliantine
Predominant colors (top):
Coral; Purple; Brown
Overall color scheme:
Dark colors
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Double parallel lines
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Cables; Feathering; Floral; Vines; Wreaths
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Feathered wreath in center and feathered circles in background triangles, tulips in red triangles of stars, baskets in the corner squares of the block, standing tulips in the wide purple border, offset double cable in the narrow purple borders, five-line classic cable on three sides of otuer border,and double parallel lines on one side of 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?
black
Describe the borders:
Narrow inner border (wider at bottom) and wide outer border, butted.
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?)
How many pieces of fabric were used to make the quilt back?
3
Backing; fiber content:
Sateen
Backing; fabric:
Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain
Backing; width of pieces (in inches):
48
Backing; color:
Blue or Navy
Condition:
Very good/almost new
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
Cite this Quilt
Yoder, Anna Swartzentrube. Evening Star Medallion. 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=5-2-205. Accessed: 03/29/24