QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2868
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:
2291
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
This is a:
Other
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Log Cabin
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 2573
How long is the quilt?
75 inches
Time period:
1901-1929
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1925
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:
Raasch, Sophia Sass
Where the quilt was made, county:
Cuming
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?
Other
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1866
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1962
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown; German
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
Raasch, Sophia Sas. Log Cabin. 1901-1929. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2868. Accessed: 04/18/24