QUILT INDEX RECORD
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.
Details
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