QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2861

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:

2272

When was the form filled out?

7/22/87 Blair

Owner's name for quilt:

State Birds and Flowers

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Embroidered quilt (Alternating Embellished Block)

How long is the quilt?

89 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt started?

1938

When was the quilt finished?

1957

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

1938

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:

7.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Rolland, LaVonne L. Quist

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hitchcock

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

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1925

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swedish; Danish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retail

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Copyright holder:

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