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:

728

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.107

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):

Otto, Mary C. Troyer

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1876

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1954

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1908

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Otto, Daniel M.

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

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

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

6

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Miller, Sarah E.

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

IN

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Troyer, Christian E.

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 1998.152.106 and 1998.152.108.

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

Mother-in-law

How did the owner get the quilt?

Purchase

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

Made entire quilt

Why was the quilt made? Was it made for a special occasion?

Wedding

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 marriage of son, Rudy.

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. 96-97.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Flagstones

Pattern name; reference name:

Improved Nine Patch, Snowball

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

1001

How was the inscription marked?

In the quilting

Date provided by maker/owner:

1935

Date estimated by IQRP:

1935

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1930-1949

Length:

76

Width:

70

Block size:

8

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

9

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

Block pattern

Block style (top):

Squares

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

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

2 to form 1 pattern

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

sateen

Predominant colors (top):

Blue or Navy; Black; Gray

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Double parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Feathering; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Double diagonal lines in pieced blocks, circle with detached feathers in plain blocks, two-line classic cable in inner border, double diagonal parallel lines in outer 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?

black

Knots visible?

no

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

Narrow inner border, wider outer border, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain; Machine sewn; Hand sewn

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:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

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

3

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton; Sateen

Backing; fabric:

Different fabrics

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

34

Backing; color:

Purple

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Inscription:

Date

What is inscribed on the quilt?

May 23, 1935

Inscription: front/back?

on block

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Troyer, Mary C.

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