QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Missouri Friendship Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Missouri Star, Friendship Star

How wide is the quilt?

64 inches

How long is the quilt?

90 inchs

What color is the quilt?

Green

Type of inscription:

Date; Multiple Names

Describe the type of inscription:

Inscription quilted in the top border:

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1A Jennie Reed 1B Mary Clulime(?) 1C Stell Beck 1D Reed 1958 2A Beck 1956 2B April Rosa Sanders 1965 2C April Colleen Shaw 1956 2D Maudie May 3A Mt. Vernon Club 2956 3B MInnie Hosier 3C Catherine Litwinow 1984 3D Mt. Vernon Club 4A Mora Shepard 4B Maudie May 4C Irene McCaughey 4D Mary Lou Cassity 5A Mary Lou Cassity 5B Marjorie Thorpe 5C Clubinet (?) 5D Virginia Faster (?)

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1958, 1965, 1956, 1984

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; In the quilting

Location of inscription:

on block; on border

Time period:

Timespan

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

1956; 1958; 1965; 1984

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

1950 dress prints

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Hand quilted

Quilt top made by:

Catherine Noll Litwinow

Where the quilt was made, city:

Milan, Missouri; Sullivan, Missouri; Bettendorf, Iowa

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sullivan County, Missouri; Scott County, Iowa

Where the quilt was made, state:

Missouri

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Quilt owner's name:

Catherine Noll Litwnow

Quilt owner's city:

Bettendorf

Quilt owner's state:

Iowa

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

A box of blocks was given to Catherine after her maternal grandmoher was moved to Odebolt Nursing home. Marie Noll, daughter of Minnie and mother of Catherine, thought that Jennie Reed worked at the Milan, Missouri feed store. The Mt. Vernon Club could have been a Sullivan, MIssouri, Farm Bureau Club, Extension club, or Presbyterian club.

Description of quilt:

Twenty 12-inch blocks, joined with 3-inch sashing, finished with a 6-inch border. Pattern is an 8 pointed star with a blank circular center which is inscribed with a signature.