QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2838
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:
2232
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Churn Dash
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 1646
How long is the quilt?
78 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt finished?
1932
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.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Nichols, Millie R. Wilde
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 makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Personal enjoyment
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1864
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1937
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
Grade School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Teacher
Where does/did the group meet?
Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Nichols, Millie R. Wild. Churn Dash. 1932. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2838. Accessed: 04/25/24