QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-1010

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:

3909

When was the form filled out?

3/8/89 Lincoln

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Original Design, Remember the One Room Schoolhouse

How long is the quilt?

52 inches

When was the quilt started?

1988

When was the quilt finished?

1988

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

1988

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 marked on quilt.

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:

Burge, Michele (Shelly) D. Tubbs

Where the quilt was made, county:

Douglas

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 also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Details about why the quilt was made:

Historical/Political Event

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1954

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Norwegian; English; French

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Other, not listed

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with Quilt Guild

Copyright holder:

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use