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7-4-11015

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Kansas State Historical Society

Who documented this quilt?

Kansas Quilt Project

Kansas Quilt Project Number:

AA148

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Snowball

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Virginia Snowball

Brackman # or other source & #:

2672

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1934

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1925, Kansas Quilt Project

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Quilt top made by:

Freeman, Fannie (Oltman)

Where the quilt was made, city:

Hoxie

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sheridan

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kansas (KS)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Photographs, Scrapbook

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Nina McGurk

Quilt owner's city:

Hoxie

Quilt owner's county:

Sheridan

Quilt owner's state:

Kansas (KS)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Oltman

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1886

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Friend

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kansas Quilt Project

Cite this Quilt

Freeman, Fannie (Oltman. Snowball. From Kansas State Historical Society, Kansas Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=7-4-11015. Accessed: 04/26/24