QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2939
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:
2442
When was the form filled out?
8/28/87 Wahoo
Owner's name for quilt:
autograph
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Embroidered quilt (Alternating Embellished Block)
How long is the quilt?
93 inches
Type of inscription:
Signature
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt finished?
1922
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1922
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:
St. John's Lutheran Church
Where the quilt was made, county:
Douglas
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 makers were part of a church group or ladies aid society.; Quilt pieced by three or more persons, a group
Why was the quilt made?
Fundraising
Where did the maker get their materials?
Unknown
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
St. John's Lutheran Churc. autograph. 1922. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2939. Accessed: 04/20/24