Maypole Figures

Bohm, Etta

Maypole Figures

Creator: Bohm, Etta

Location Made: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Faces, hair and buttons added to quilt

Quilt Size: 36 inches x 63 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Quilt was purchased in 1974 from the owner's great aunt, the quilt maker.

KID: 15-11-2301

15-11-2301

Triangle

Unknown

Triangle

Creator: Unknown

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 72 in x 90 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Wool, Print, Solid/plain, Plain weave, white shirtings

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

KID: 11-37-7358

11-37-7358

1999

OMOM 1998

Brown, Tafi

Date Made: 1999

OMOM 1998

Creator: Brown, Tafi

Location Made: Alstead, New Hampshire (NH)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Machine Applique, Reverse Applique, Other applique, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Embroidery, Photography/photo transfer

Quilt Size: 41" x 42"

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Rayon, Other synthetic, Unknown, Broadcloth, Muslin, Unknown

Project: Quilts and Health

Tafi (Kathryn Woodward Brown) was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 28, 1944, the oldest of four children. She did not stay there. Her parents moved to Fort Green in Brooklyn, next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and then they moved to Massapequa, Long Island. Returning to Brooklyn for college, she rec...

KID: 41-39-63

41-39-63

1938-1940

Hungarian Harvest...

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1940

Hungarian Harvest Festival

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, The girls costumes are intricately embroidered.

Quilt Size: 79 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This was not a quilt made for or presented to a specific individual., For the central figures, <em>Peasant Costume in Europe, Book 1</em>, (1937) illustrated by Kathleen Mann may be the design source. Gasperik's daughter Elsie, who encouraged her to develop her own design ideas, gave he...

KID: 18-14-25

18-14-25

1935

Scottie Dogs

Thibaudeau, May Mur...

Date Made: 1935

Scottie Dogs

Creator: Thibaudeau, May Murphy

Location Made: Peshtigo, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

After coming back from her summer vacation in Michigan, she found a Scottie pattern and hand made the quilt while listening to the radio and waiting for someone to call and ask her out for a date. She was most interested in a young man who was very tall so she made the quilt extra long. She was 27 y...

KID: 15-11-2376

15-11-2376

c. 1840

Blazing Stars

Date Made: c. 1840

Blazing Stars

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 83 1/2 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Checked, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2377

15-11-2377

c. 1900

Crazy Quilt

Haring, Hatte

Date Made: c. 1900

Crazy Quilt

Creator: Haring, Hatte

Location Made: Nekoosa, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 63 1/2 inches x 70 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Silk, Wool, Other, Velvet, Checked, Multiple scrap, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2378

15-11-2378

c.1890

Log Cabin

Nottling, Elizabeth...

Date Made: c.1890

Log Cabin

Creator: Nottling, Elizabeth Schaefer

Location Made: Institute, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 1/2 inches x 74 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2379

15-11-2379

c.1965

Crazy Quilt

Date Made: c.1965

Crazy Quilt

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Contruction: Foundation Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 67.25 in. x 85.75 in.

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Rayon, Silk, Wool, Multiple scrap, Paisley, Plaid, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts - Quilt Collection

This quilt was donated to the museum by the estate of Dolores Reppert.

KID: 15-11-2009

15-11-2009

1939

Old-Time Nosegay

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1939

Old-Time Nosegay

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Embroidery, Gasperik rearranged the placement of the 12 different Nancy Page bouquets and she angled the placement of her border flowers so that they 'dance' left and right rather than march in the straight up and down order proposed by Nancy Page/Detroit News pattern.

Quilt Size: Unknown x Unknown

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

It should be noted that the Gasperik quilt is made by appliquéing the bouquet and individual flower commercial blocks onto a whole piece of fabric rather than by assembling the quilt block by block, which is the way newspapers marketed block quilt patterns. She could not have begun this quilt be...

KID: 18-14-78

18-14-78

1944

Calla Lilies

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1944

Calla Lilies

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik used the lily bouquet pattern featured in this framed applique on at least four completed quilts: <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-46" target="_blank"><font color="#FFA500">#012</font></a> (a 1944 brida...

KID: 18-14-3

18-14-3

1936

Dresden Plate

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1936

Dresden Plate

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: Unknown x Unknown

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

It is not known who won the raffle for this quilt or what became of it after it was displayed in the Gasperik Market's front window in 1936., Although impossible to tell from the 1936 photograph (the only surviving image of this quilt), the quilting design Gasperik used was probably the one proposed...

KID: 18-14-77

18-14-77

1936-1941

Irish Chain

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1936-1941

Irish Chain

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: Unknown x Unknown

Fabrics: Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Pattern appeared on Lockport Mills Inc., of Lockport, N.Y. batting inserts. Called <em>Quilt of a Thousand Prints</em> the "pattern [was] furnished through the courtesy of the Mary McElwain Quilt Shop, Walworth, Wisconsin." The wrapper is undated. The McElwain 1936 catalog o...

KID: 18-14-75

18-14-75

1950s

Delectable Mounta...

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1950s

Delectable Mountains

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, It appears that on 3 different quilts Gasperik used a yellow-green or lime green backing: #011 (an undated Indiana Wreath), #021 (this Delectable Mountains, which is dated 1953) and #030 (Indian Feather Star, an undated quilt). If these quilts are ever reunited, they should be compared, to see if that fabric matches and can help date the two undated quilts. In this connection, it should be noted that the four applique birds in the center medallion of this quilt use the same pattern (as yet unidentified) as the trios of bluebirds hovering on the Gasperik's four Indiana Wreath quilts (#011, #063, #032, #043).

Quilt Size: 85 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Other quilting designs come from WLM Clark <a href="https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=publications&kid=33-133-60" target="_blank"><font color="#FFA500"><em>Grandmother's Perforated Quilting Patterns</em></font></a> Booklet #32 and...

KID: 18-14-26

18-14-26

1940-1946

Daisies Won't Tel...

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940-1946

Daisies Won't Tell

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Broadcloth, Other, Solid/plain, Non-cotton fabric used for the two appliqued hearts and six cornucopias.

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Salser has identified two possible sources of Gasperik's quilted fern-leaf pattern. One is found in a booklet distributed by Sears Roebuck and Co. in 1933, which was called <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=publications&kid=33-133-57" target="_blank"><font...

KID: 18-14-74

18-14-74

1938

Roses and Forget ...

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938

Roses and Forget Me Nots

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-29

18-14-29

1941

Hosannah

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1941

Hosannah

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-87

18-14-87

1959

Cactus Basket

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1959

Cactus Basket

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Sashing is appliqued, not pieced. Flower pots are appliqued onto whole cloth. These are virtual, not 'real', blocks. Although this quilt resembles the look of McElwain's Cactus Flower design, in fact the diamond pattern units cannot match. When 4 McElwain diamonds are joined, they form a flat-bottomed unit; when 4 Gasperik diamonds are joined they create a convex opening into which the fifth (green) diamond is fitted sideways. This is unusual 'cactus flower' piecing.

Quilt Size: 45 inches x 53 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-52

18-14-52

1942

Tree of Life

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1942

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 81 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik not only added more applique pattern elements to the McCall suggestions, she also made her designs more complicated by subdividing suggested pattern elements. This subdividing allowed her to greatly expand her palette of fabrics, especially noticeable on the two birds. The purple print wi...

KID: 18-14-51

18-14-51

1935-1945

Tree of Life

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1945

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-50

18-14-50

1938

Tree of Life

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 89 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

According to family stories it was Elsie who persuaded her mother to quilt some of the birds, rather than execute all of them in colorful applique. Elsie had a rather austere quilt aesthetic. Her mother, on the other hand, was probably well aware of the richly colorful (and crowded) <em>Tree...

KID: 18-14-49

18-14-49

1935

Laurel Wreath

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935

Laurel Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The quilt owner believes a second Gasperik "Laurel Wreath" quilt existed, but has disappeared. , The Nancy Page series called for 25 different flower and bird block appliques. Gasperik used only eight flowers and four birds from the Nancy Page series. She substituted flower designs from N...

KID: 18-14-6

18-14-6

1940s

Indiana Wreath

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940s

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The interesting thing about the four <em>Indiana Wreath</em> quilts is that they show more experimentation with quilting design than experimentation with applique pattern. It is the selection of fabrics, and the quiltING patterns which distinguish these four quilts which look, at first...

KID: 18-14-97

18-14-97

1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 99 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

McCall probably obtained its pattern #524 <em>Indiana Wreath</em> from a quilt businesswoman named Cecilia Knapp of Monroe Michigan. <br /><br /> The Winter 1937-38 issue of <em>McCall's Needlework Magazine</em> on pages 26-27 in an article titled "Cott...

KID: 18-14-36

18-14-36

1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Judging by the pp 26-27 presentation of the McCall <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=publications&kid=18-121-111" target="_blank"><font color="#FFA500"><em>Indiana Wreath</em></font></a> No. 524 pattern in the Winter 1...

KID: 18-14-37

18-14-37

1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra batting under appliqued grapes

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 102 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Susan Salser has the note, dated December 20, 1968 and saved by her mother, which she sent to her grandmother thanking her for "your dotted grape wedding present quilt".

KID: 18-14-38

18-14-38

c. 1907

Ocean Waves

Mayer, Helen

Date Made: c. 1907

Ocean Waves

Creator: Mayer, Helen

Location Made: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI) United States

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

The quilt is owned by the daughter of the quilt maker. She has two quilts made by her mother., This quilt is to be given to the Wisconsin Quilt History Project to be used for educational purposes.

KID: 15-11-2375

15-11-2375

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2374

15-11-2374

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2357

15-11-2357

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2350

15-11-2350

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2373

15-11-2373

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2372

15-11-2372

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2371

15-11-2371

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2370

15-11-2370

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2369

15-11-2369

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2368

15-11-2368

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2367

15-11-2367

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2366

15-11-2366

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2365

15-11-2365

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2364

15-11-2364

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2363

15-11-2363

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2362

15-11-2362

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2361

15-11-2361

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2360

15-11-2360

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2359

15-11-2359

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2358

15-11-2358

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2356

15-11-2356

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2355

15-11-2355

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2354

15-11-2354

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2353

15-11-2353

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2352

15-11-2352

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2351

15-11-2351

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2349

15-11-2349

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2348

15-11-2348

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2347

15-11-2347

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2346

15-11-2346

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2345

15-11-2345

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2344

15-11-2344

Location Made: Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 77 inches

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

KID: 15-11-2343

15-11-2343

1940s

Leaf and Vine

Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940s

Leaf and Vine

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 88 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Elaborate quilted feathers extend outward from the crossed laurel boughs. At the center of the boughs is a feathered circle. At the bottom, the arched quilted feathers touch, forming a crown.

KID: 18-14-42

18-14-42