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38-36-3773

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

HQD097

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

9/25/1993

3. Quilt Width:

70"

3. Quilt Length:

80.25"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

7. Predominant Color(s):

White; Pink

9. Overall condition:

Fair/worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Fading

Other damage to quilt:

Fragile

14. Date of Quilt:

1901-1929

Other external or professional date estimation:

1910-1920

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Ven Co, PA

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Pinwheel

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

49 pieced; 36 plain

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

22. Borders:

1

22.2. Border descriptions:

10.25"; 10.5"; 10.5"; 2.25"-3.25". Plain strips, butted corners.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:

Solid/plain; Plaid

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight, plaids. White cotton thread was used in construction.

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Unique binding materials?

The corners are mitered. Pink floral cotton. The binding is the same on all sides.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Bias grain

27.5. Width of binding:

less than a half inch

If previously undefined, what is the width of the quilt binding:

0.25"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

Other batting:

Filler shows. Unknown if batting is home or commercially made.

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

White

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

10

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

Grid/crosshatch; Elbow/fan

Other quilting designs used:

diagonal through pieced block

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

5

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

35" x 35"; 19.75" x 19.75"; 6.75" x 40"; 19" x 40"; 25" x 31"

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Betsy Borger

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

This quilt came to Arizona in 1983. It was a gift from Gertrude Jennings in Cooperstown, PA in 1956, to keep it in the family. Previous owners-Betsy Borger, 1956; Gertrude Jennings, 19teen; "Gama" Strothecher ?

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

The quilter made other quilts.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Strohecher, "Gama" Swineford

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Mrs. Mary Karns

Birth date:

1820-1830's

Death date:

19teens in Cooperstown, PA

Quilt maker's birth city:

Lewisburg

Quilt maker's birth state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

The quiltmaker lived in Lewisburg, PA, birth-; Brookville, PA, married 1858; Cooperstown, PA, 1859-19teens.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, county:

Venango

Where the quilt was made, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

The maker pieced and appliqued the quilt.

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Cite this Quilt

Strohecher, "Gama" Swinefor. Pinwheel. 1901-1929. From Arizona Quilt Documentation Project, Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=38-36-3773. Accessed: 03/29/24