QUILT INDEX RECORD

33-29-54

Description of quilt:

Appliqué quilt in traditional design and layout won third place in the Kansas City region.

Essay:

The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site. This applique quilt won third place in the Kansas City region and was exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair. Sears Roebuck and Co. took the b/w photo included with this quilt record. Look for the entry label attached in the bottom right corner. And also notice there is a tag "Third Place/Kansas City Region" amd a ribbon attached on the left side of the quilt. Quilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit. His notes say the quilt was named "Acorn" which he might have gleaned from the entry tag on the bottom right corner. He described the colors as "dark green and deep Turkey Red." A photo of this quilt on display in Kansas City with the two other winning quilts appeared in the Rotogravure section of a Kansas City newspaper. The quiltmaker C. W. Veasy of Idaho Falls, Idaho won $25 for the third place award. Judges in the Kansas City region were: Mrs. John L. McLaughlin, prominent in club and charity work; and Mrs. Charles M. Bush, president of the Woman's City Club.

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project

Who documented this quilt?

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project Number:

098

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Acorn

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label

Time period:

1930-1949

Further information concerning dates:

Without looking closely at the actual quilt, it would be difficult to distinguish this red and green applique quilt from an antique quilt made in the mid 1800s. Sears discouraged antique quilts from being entered, but local judges might have overlooked that guideline.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Quilt top made by:

Veasy, C. W.

Quilted by:

Veasy, C. W.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Idaho Falls

Where the quilt was made, state:

Idaho (ID)

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:

The whereabouts of this quilt is not known.

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

Contests entered:

Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 108

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Veasy

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's city:

Idaho Falls

Quiltmaker's state:

Idaho (ID)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

Gary Heatherly

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Merikay Waldvogel