QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Illinois State Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Illinois Quilt Research Project Registry Number:

830

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.83

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Date or year made:

1923

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Stutzman, Gertrude Schrock

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1876

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1963

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1898

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Stutzman, Levi E.

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

Did the quiltmaker have any children? If so, how many?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Kauffman, Lydia

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

OH

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Schrock, Jonas

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

OH

What is the ancestry/ethnic background of the quiltmaker's family?

Amish

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

See 1998.152.82.

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Grandmother

How did the owner get the quilt?

Purchase

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Arthur

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Anything else we should know about this quilt? (i.e. customs, stories):

Made for daughter Rachel L. Stutzman who married William Yutzy in 1926.

Has this quilt been exhibited/displayed? Explain:

“Illinois Amish Quilts: Sharing Threads of Tradition.” Springfield, IL. Illinois State Museum.

List other materials available about this quilt. This may include oral history, articles, additional photos or publications, etc.

See book: Illinois Amish Quilts, pp. 88-89.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Cluster of Stars (LAC #393)

Source of pattern name and number. Include if it is a variation.

1710

Date shown on quilt:

1923

How was the inscription marked?

Embroidery; In the quilting

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

initials are embroidered on back and date is quilted in block

Date provided by maker/owner:

1923

Date estimated by IQRP:

1923

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1901-1929

Length:

85

Width:

80

Block size:

18

Sashing width:

6

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

8

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

Block pattern

Block style (top):

Same block throughout

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of full blocks; pieced, appliqued, and plain:

9

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

2

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

cotton sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Coral; Lavender

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Vines; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Diagonal grid in star blocks,feathered circles in plain squares, feathered bands in sashing, feathered vines in border.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

Cotton

What color was the quilting thread?

white

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by sashing with cornerstones or connecting blocks

Describe the quilt setting:

Evening Star in sashing corner blocks

Describe the borders:

Single border, 7" wide on sides and 9" wide on top and bottom.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Satin/sateen

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

half inch - one inch

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

Cotton

Thickness:

Medium (3/16?)

How many pieces of fabric were used to make the quilt back?

reversed to lavendar center square with pink inner border

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Description of the back:

cotton sateen

Backing; fabric:

Different fabrics; Machine sewn; Reversible; Solid/plain

Backing; color:

Lavender

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Inscription:

Date; Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

R. L. S.; Feb. 8 1923

Inscription: front/back?

on block

Describe where the inscription was found:

on back

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Schrock, Gertrude

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use