QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2847
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:
2248
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Owner's name for quilt:
Farm Life
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Embroidered quilt (Alternating Embellished Block)
How long is the quilt?
84 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
When was the quilt started?
1931
When was the quilt finished?
1931
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:
Jeppesen, Velma A. Ruwe
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
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1911
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown; German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Lutheran
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Jeppesen, Velma A. Ruw. Farm Life. 1931. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2847. Accessed: 04/19/24