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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