QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Who documented this quilt?

Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Nebraska Quilt Project Number:

3185

When was the form filled out?

5/21/88 Lincoln--Malone Center

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Basket-cakestand variation

Brackman # or other source & #:

711 variation

How long is the quilt?

30 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1930

When was the quilt finished?

1931

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by NQP committee member, corrected later if deemed appropriate by UNL graduate student researcher in consultation with Patricia Crews.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Haverkamp, Lona E. Schmitt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilt maker also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Graduation

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1882

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1962

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

French; Dutch

Quiltmaker's educational background:

1 or more years post secondary education

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Copyright holder:

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