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:

785

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.105

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

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Yoder, Anna Swartzentruber

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1877

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1962

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1899

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Yoder, Abraham

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hostetler, Susan

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

PA

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Swartzentruber, Jacob

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Germany

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

Amish

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

17 quilts in Museum's collection.

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 Lizzie.

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. 76-77.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Framed True Lover's Knot

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1930

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1930-1949

Length:

74

Width:

69

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

8

Quilting stitches per inch (in a second spot on the quilt):

7

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

Medallion or framed center

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton; Wool

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

brilliantine, cotton sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Orange; Green; Purple; Maroon; Black; Brown

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid square

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Feathering; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

2 concentric feathered wreaths in center with square grid and various cable designs in borders--four-line and five-line classic cables, double cable, and offset double cable.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

Cotton

What color was the quilting thread?

black

Knots visible?

no

Describe the borders:

True Lover's Knot block in center with 8 borders on top and bottom and 7 borders on sides, some pieced, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Back turned to front

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

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?

2

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

33

Backing; color:

Lavender

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Some staining on light back.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Swartzentruber, Anna

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