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Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3750

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:

1336

When was the form filled out?

6/22/87 St. Paul

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name

How long is the quilt?

90 inches

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1957

When was the quilt finished?

1957

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

1957

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:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Madison Square Community Ladies

Where the quilt was made, county:

Loup

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 friends or neighbors; Quilt pieced by three or more persons, a group

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Teacher

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Copyright holder:

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

Cite this Quilt

Madison Square Community Ladie. Embroidered and Applique; books with students name surrounding schoolhouse with teacher's name. 1957. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-3750. Accessed: 03/28/24