QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3864

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:

1557

When was the form filled out?

6/24/87 Kearney

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Thrifty

Brackman # or other source & #:

Brackman 1602

How long is the quilt?

87 inches

Time period:

1901-1929

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

1916

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.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9.0 stitches per inch

Quilt top made by:

Keyser, Tina J. Wells

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?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for special person, Family member

Where did the maker get their materials?

Other

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1881

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1972

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Other ethnicity, not listed; German; Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Church of Christ

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Copyright holder:

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