QUILT INDEX RECORD
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