QUILT INDEX RECORD
15-11-1938
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:
1220
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
When was the form filled out?
04-28-1990
Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Interviewer:
Beighley, Jody
Where was the quilt documentation day held?
NTC-Wausau
This is a:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Century of Progress World's Fair Special
How wide is the quilt?
68 in.
How long is the quilt?
89 in.
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Blue or Navy
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Type of inscription:
Date
What is inscribed on the quilt?
1933
What is the date inscribed on the quilt?
1933
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Location of inscription:
other
Describe where the inscription was found:
front of quilt
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1933
When was the quilt finished?
1933
Describe the quilt's layout:
Nontraditional or art
Subject of the quilt:
Century of Progress
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
pieced, blue
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Sateen
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Solid/plain
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Description of the back:
sateen
What color is the back of the quilt?
Blue or Navy
How is the binding made?
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch; Other
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
pictorial
Quilt top made by:
Clark, Sophie Schoenike Krueger
Quilted by:
Clark, Sophie Schoenike Krueger
Where the quilt was made, city:
Birnamwood
Where the quilt was made, state:
Wisconsin (WI)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
The quilt was made to be used for:
Other
Was the quilt used for something other than what it is used for now?
contest entry
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Original to maker
Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?
Original to maker
Contests entered:
Sears Century of Progress Quilt Contest 1933
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
"Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches" by Ellen Kort, Howell Press 2001, pages 146-147. "Wisconsin Quilts: History in the Stitches" by Ellen Kort & revised by Maggi McCormick Gordon, Krause Publications 2008, pages 158-159.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Schoenike
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
c.1908
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
c. 1970
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Lutheran
Quiltmaker's occupation:
homemaker
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Schoenike, Julius
Number of children:
5
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
Mr. Krueger was a logger, he lived in Shawano. They worked alongside the Indians, logging. Sophie was a midwife, had 5 children. She was very proud her son (Harry?) graduated from college and was a teacher at Horace Mann Jr. High School, Wausau. She loved to braid, make fringe, and quilt. She was at least 85 years old when she died about 15-20 years ago.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts
Details
Cite this Quilt
Clark, Sophie Schoenike Kruege. Century of Progress World's Fair Special. 1933. From Wisconsin Quilt History Project, Wisconsin Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=15-11-1938. Accessed: 03/29/24
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