QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-762

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:

3667

When was the form filled out?

6/11/88 Lincoln--St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sunbonnet Sue by Eveline Foland in KC Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman Applique 47.22

How long is the quilt?

92 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1934

When was the quilt finished?

1937

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

1935

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.

Further information concerning dates:

Date estimated.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Grueber, Martha L. Hinrichs

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clay

Where the quilt was made, state:

Nebraska (NE)

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Pastor

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1906

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Copyright holder:

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