QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-2931

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:

2427

When was the form filled out?

8/28/87 Wahoo

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Flower Garden, Charm

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 0160

How long is the quilt?

90 inches

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1960

When was the quilt finished?

1970

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

1960

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:

5.5 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Nord, Erma J. Jakoubek

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 did not quilt it.; Quilt makers were part of a family; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1932

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Other

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Where does/did the group meet?

Quilted with community group

Copyright holder:

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use