QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3486

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:

875

When was the form filled out?

5/30/87 Dorchester

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Kansas Troubles

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1270

How long is the quilt?

91 inches

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1984

When was the quilt finished?

1986

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

1986

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.

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Troutt, Alvia M. Kubes

Where the quilt was made, county:

Lancaster

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 hired; Quilt pieced by one person

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1928

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Czech

Quiltmaker's educational background:

High School

Copyright holder:

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