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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

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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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