QUILT INDEX RECORD
15-11-54
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Wisconsin Quilt History Project
Who documented this quilt?
Wisconsin Quilt History Project
Wisconsin Quilt History Project Number:
A58
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker
When was the form filled out?
09-22-2002
Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Interviewer:
Clausing, Jean
Where was the quilt documentation day held?
Wisconsin Museum of quilts & fiber arts.
This is a:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Diamond Star
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Blazing Star, Star of the Bluegrass
Brackman # or other source & #:
3772
How wide is the quilt?
62.5 in.
How long is the quilt?
78 in.
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Green; Pink; White
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Damage:
Other
Describe the damage:
quilt was washed and it shrank
Time period:
1930-1949
Family/owner's date for quilt:
c.1930
Describe the quilt's layout:
Other
Number of quilt blocks:
30
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:
1
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Broadcloth
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Floral; Print; Solid/plain
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?
no
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
Green
Describe the back:
Solid/plain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Wool
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch; Outline
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Other
Describe the quilting designs used:
leaf pattern in large green squares, outline quilting on diamonds in stars.
Quilt top made by:
Bartol, Mary (Marija) Soklic
Quilted by:
Bartol, Mary (Marija) Soklic
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Bartol, Casper
Where the quilt was made, city:
Cicero
Where the quilt was made, state:
Illinois (IL)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Another quilt
Describe the source of the pattern:
Copied from quilt seen at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. The original quilt was the winner of the Century of Progress quilt contest.
Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?
Another quilt
Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Bernice Bartol Taucher, the quilt maker's daughter, wrote the following about this quilt: "1933 was a difficult year, the worst year of the Great Depression. Work, and therefore income, was irregular, so my family's entertainment was making quilts. And since fabric cost money, most of our quilts were scrap quilts. That year, I visited the Chicago World's Fair with my parents. Because we were quilters, we were especially impressed with the display of prize-winning quilts at the fair. My father took the time to copy the pattern of a quilt that he admired, and later he made cardboard templates that my mother used to piece the quilt. My father even helped with the quilting. To the best of my memory, that quilt was green with very pretty printed fabrics. Our family made many quilts together."
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's state:
Wisconsin (WI)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Soklic
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
c.1880
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Hatmaker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Soklic, Carl
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Soklic, Marija Zebre
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Bartol, Casper
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
tool & die maker
Number of children:
2
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
2
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
Quilt was made by John Taucher's maternal grandmother and was given to owner by Dean Taucher, also a grandson of the quilt maker.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts
Cite this Quilt
Bartol, Mary (Marija) Sokli. Diamond Star. 1930-1949. From Wisconsin Quilt History Project, Wisconsin Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=15-11-54. Accessed: 04/26/24