QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2161
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:
720
When was the form filled out?
5/22/87 Bassett
This is a:
Quilt top with unfinished edge
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Old Maid's Puzzle
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 1317
How long is the quilt?
82 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1930
When was the quilt finished?
1987
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1930
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.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Hasch, Audrey Dyer
Where the quilt was made, county:
Rock
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?
Personal enjoyment
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1895
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; Unknown
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Grade School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Under 10 years of age
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Hasch, Audrey Dye. Old Maid's Puzzle. 1987. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2161. Accessed: 05/18/24