QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2918

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:

2407

When was the form filled out?

8/28/87 Wahoo

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Flower Garden

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0160

How long is the quilt?

83 inches

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1935

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:

8.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Dimmitt, Mary E. Wolfe

Where the quilt was made, county:

Cass

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 church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1871

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1954

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with friends at home; Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Copyright holder:

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