QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-3331
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:
617
When was the form filled out?
5/22/87 Bassett
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Touching Stars
Brackman # or other source & #:
Brackman 1061.5
How long is the quilt?
102 inches
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt started?
1985
When was the quilt finished?
1987
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1987
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 marked on quilt.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Hunnel, Eleanor D. Kuntz
Where the quilt was made, county:
Brown
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:
1930
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
English; German
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Other, not listed
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 20-29
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Hunnel, Eleanor D. Kunt. Touching Stars. 1987. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-3331. Accessed: 03/19/24