QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2929

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:

2422

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:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1929

When was the quilt finished?

1930

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

1929

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:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Stuchlik, Helen U. Busek

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saunders

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:

1910

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1980

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Czech; Austrian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Secretary/Office Worker

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

Copyright holder:

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