QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-1510

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:

4567

When was the form filled out?

5/4/89 Omaha

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Applique; Dancing Daffodil

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman Applique 26.64

How long is the quilt?

93 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1934

When was the quilt finished?

1935

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.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10 stitches per inch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilting design - representational

Quilt top made by:

Moore, Flo K. Kaelber

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saunders

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 makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1894

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1968

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home; Quilted with community group

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Copyright holder:

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