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5-2-274

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:

778

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.27

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):

Beachy, Veronica Hershberger

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1869

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1938

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

12

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

6

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Miller, Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

OH

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Hershberger, Valentine E.

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

OH

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

What is the ancestry/ethnic background of the quiltmaker's family?

Amish

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

If you know of other people who worked on this quilt, please give names and what role they played:

Miller, Fanny Beachy ?

Where the quilt was made, city:

Walnut Creek

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Anything else we should know about this quilt? (i.e. customs, stories):

Given to Fanny B. Beachy Miller by her mother. Fanny may have worked on the quilt with her mother. Fanny moved to Illinois in 1922.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Nine Patch in Bars--detail

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:

83

Width:

65

Block size:

4

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

10

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

Vertical strip

Block style (top):

Squares; Same block throughout

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

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 and cotton sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Rust; Gold; Brown

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Double parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Vines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Double parallel lines in pieced blocks, double grid in triangles, feathered band in bars, pumpkin seed in inner border, feathered vines 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?

black

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by vertical strips

Describe the borders:

Narrow inner border, wide outer border, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain

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?

3

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

24

Backing; color:

Brown

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hershberger, Veronica

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

Beachy, Veronica Hershberge. Nine Patch in Bars--detail. 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=5-2-274. Accessed: 03/29/24