QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2812

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:

2195

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sunbonnet Sue or Traditional Sue

Brackman # or other source & #:

47.12

How long is the quilt?

94 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1936

When was the quilt finished?

1937

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

1936

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:

Jaspersen, Clara C. Hansen

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washington

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

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1891

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1984

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown; Danish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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