2000-2025

Illinois

Quiltmakers Guild o...

Date Made: 2000-2025

Illinois

Creator: Quiltmakers Guild of Kankakee, IL

Location Made: Kankakee, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Embroidery, Names of counties machine embroidered.

Quilt Size: 75 x 101

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Given to Governor for display at Executive Mansion and then given to Museum at close of his administration.

5-2-114

KID: 5-2-114

1976-1999

Land of Lincoln

Graves, Norma

Date Made: 1976-1999

Land of Lincoln

Creator: Graves, Norma

Location Made: Marshall, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Buttonhole stitch used for applique. Eagle, violets, and cardinal in outline stitch--state symbols.

Quilt Size: 83 x 87

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased by Lloyd Yargus from quiltmaker as a gift to John W. Lewis, Jr., who was a member of Illinois state legislature for 26 years (1940-68), Director of Agriculture (1969-70) and appointed Secretary of State (1970-73).

5-2-63

KID: 5-2-63

1976-1999

Spirit of America...

Mrs. Gilner and stu...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Spirit of America Bicentennial

Creator: Mrs. Gilner and students in her Homemaking class at Hillsboro Jr. High

Location Made: Hillsboro, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Chain, satin, and backstitch (outline) embroidery stitched used.

Quilt Size: 63 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Each block made by a 12-year-old student to celebrate the nation's Bicentennial in 1876. Students making each block are identified.

5-2-7

KID: 5-2-7

1976-1999

Arenzville commun...

committee from Aren...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Arenzville community history quilt

Creator: committee from Arenzville, IL

Location Made: Arenzville, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Embroidery, Hand embroidered with outline and satin stitching.

Quilt Size: 76" x 65"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Cotton or polyester blend, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

People who worked on quilt are listed in file as well as additional information about the events and scenes drawn.

5-2-10

KID: 5-2-10

1976-1999

Friends and Famil...

Johnson, Sandra McM...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Friends and Family

Creator: Johnson, Sandra McMorris

Location Made: Carbondale, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Family pictures are printed in centers of Log Cabin.

Quilt Size: 61 x 66

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, cotton sateen printed by artist in Log Cabin pattern

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

5-2-17

KID: 5-2-17

1976-1999

After the Rain

Fallert, Caryl Brye...

Date Made: 1976-1999

After the Rain

Creator: Fallert, Caryl Bryer

Location Made: Oswego, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Applique, Raw edge machine applique of rainbow rectangles.

Quilt Size: 44 x 46

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Caryl has been making quilts to hang on the wall since 1983 and has won many national awards. Her work is in many corporate, private and public collections.

5-2-78

KID: 5-2-78

1976-1999

A Riddling Tale

Lintault, M. Joan

Date Made: 1976-1999

A Riddling Tale

Creator: Lintault, M. Joan

Location Made: Carbondale, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Embroidery, Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc), Designs in blocks are painted or printed by artist, and inset into 1 piece of fabric (border and sashing) with machine satin stitching. Blocks are embellished with machine embroidery and beads.

Quilt Size: 86 x 97

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Screen printed, airbrushed, and painted fabric

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased and given to Museum by Michelle and Guerry Suggs in honor of Nancy Suggs Rosse and Margaret Suggs Herath., Joan has worked for many years as a textile artist and has taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale since 1973. She has recently retired. She has made many art quilts.

5-2-107

KID: 5-2-107

1976-1999

Double T

Weston, Janet Louis...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Double T

Creator: Weston, Janet Louise

Location Made: Champaign, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 67 x 104

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Janet attended the University of Illinois and spent most of her life there as a faculty member of the Economics department., See two other quilts in Museum's collection.

5-2-85

KID: 5-2-85

1976-1999

Star of Bethlehem...

Fulkerson, Cornelia...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Star of Bethlehem

Creator: Fulkerson, Cornelia Russell ?

Location Made: Jerseyville, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Star is hand pieced, borders are machine pieced.

Quilt Size: 82 x 92

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Plaid, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Family knew it was from Fulkerson family and maker is most likely to be Cornelia, but could also have been made by her mother., Came to IL shortly after her marriage in 1861. Her father had surveyed land in IL in the 1830s and she inherited land from him. Her widowed mother Jane Russell lived with t...

5-2-12

KID: 5-2-12

1976-1999

Twilight Time

Eddy, Ellen Anne

Date Made: 1976-1999

Twilight Time

Creator: Eddy, Ellen Anne

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Embroidery, Thread painting with perle cotton, rayon, metallic, irridescent and nylon threads.

Quilt Size: 48 x 69

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Hand-dyed

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Artist sees insects and other animals as metaphors for the human condition. Insects, like women's bodies, are full of beautiful differences. In this quilt, mantises and beetles, dragonflies and crickets dance to the rhythms of life in acceptance of their separate and lovely selves., See book: Thread...

5-2-102

KID: 5-2-102

1976-1999

Inner Light #4

Fallert, Caryl Brye...

Date Made: 1976-1999

Inner Light #4

Creator: Fallert, Caryl Bryer

Location Made: Oswego, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Strip/string Piecing, Constructed tucks set into string pieced background, a method artist calls High Tech Tucks.

Quilt Size: 71 x 49

Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Inner light has been a recurring theme in artist's quilts and interests her as a symbol of enlightenment and as pure visual phenomenon. This quilt in spectrum colors and incorporating traditional string-piecing techniques wa made for a special exhibit of art quilts at the Museum of American Folk Art...

5-2-103

KID: 5-2-103

1950-1975

Lone Star

Hershberger, Sarah ...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star

Creator: Hershberger, Sarah Jess

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 56 x 62

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.29, .31., .32

5-2-132

KID: 5-2-132

1950-1975

Lone Star

Hershberger, Sarah ...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star

Creator: Hershberger, Sarah Jess

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 68 x 75

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.29, .30, .32.

5-2-133

KID: 5-2-133

1950-1975

Lone Star

Hershberger, Sarah ...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star

Creator: Hershberger, Sarah Jess

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 52 x 66

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

1998.152.29., .30, & .31.

5-2-134

KID: 5-2-134

1950-1975

Love Ring

Schrock, Sovilla Ma...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Love Ring

Creator: Schrock, Sovilla Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 73 x 80

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Other synthetic, Solid/plain, rayon

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.54 &.55.

5-2-156

KID: 5-2-156

1950-1975

Ocean Waves

Miller, Tillie Schr...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Ocean Waves

Creator: Miller, Tillie Schrock ?

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 43 x 61

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Elmer Miller's quilt from home, probably made by his mother, Tillie Schrock Miller.

5-2-190

KID: 5-2-190

1950-1975

Lone Star with St...

Schrock, Sovilla Ma...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star with Star corner blocks

Creator: Schrock, Sovilla Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 x 80

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.53 & .54.

5-2-158

KID: 5-2-158

1950-1975

Sunshine and Shad...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Sunshine and Shadow Bricks

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 84

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.61 & .63.

5-2-165

KID: 5-2-165

1950-1975

Brick Wall

Bontrager, Elizabet...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Brick Wall

Creator: Bontrager, Elizabeth Ann Miller

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 44 x 78

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

1998.152.61 & .62.

5-2-166

KID: 5-2-166

1950-1975

Butterfly at the ...

Yoder, Susanna Mast...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Butterfly at the Cross

Creator: Yoder, Susanna Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 57 x 77

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

5-2-159

KID: 5-2-159

1950-1975

Lone Star

Kauffman, Sovilla S...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star

Creator: Kauffman, Sovilla Schrock

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 x 77

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Got idea from neighbor Sovilla Mast Schrock, see 1998.152.55.

5-2-189

KID: 5-2-189

1950-1975

Four Patch

Diener, Clara Ann Y...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Four Patch

Creator: Diener, Clara Ann Yoder

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 40 x 48

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Other synthetic, Solid/plain, rayon and cotton and rayon blend

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Very similar in style to 1998.152.115, although history has been lost on this one. Same fabrics, quilting designs in both., See 1998.152.115

5-2-222

KID: 5-2-222

1950-1975

Hillbilly Pixies

Lendecker, Eva L. ?...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Hillbilly Pixies

Creator: Lendecker, Eva L. ?

Location Made: Carbondale, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Machine Applique, Painting, Hats are raw-edge machine appliqued with button hole stitch, faces are painted.

Quilt Size: 80 x 96

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton or polyester blend, Solid/plain, Floral, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Husband found this quilt in Eva's collection and it is possible that she made it.

5-2-120

KID: 5-2-120

1950-1975

Double Wedding Ri...

Bontrager, Elizabet...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Bontrager, Elizabeth Ann Miller

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 41 x 57

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.62 and 63. This quilt is not typical of Amish-made quilts from Arthur area.

5-2-164

KID: 5-2-164

1950-1975

One Patch

Diener, Clara Ann Y...

Date Made: 1950-1975

One Patch

Creator: Diener, Clara Ann Yoder

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 45 x 51

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Other synthetic, Solid/plain, Rayon

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Possibly 1998.152.116.

5-2-221

KID: 5-2-221

1950-1975

Lincoln album qui...

Bartak, Vera Crosie...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lincoln album quilt

Creator: Bartak, Vera Crosier

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Backstitch or outline stitch used on some blocks.

Quilt Size: 73 x 74

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Vera saw an antique quilt in Women's Day magazine and wanted to copy it. The antique quilt was made by a group of ladies from Ilinois and was given to Abraham Lincoln six moths before he was assassinated. It is now in the Shelburne Museum collection., She has made at least eight other quilts.

5-2-80

KID: 5-2-80

1950-1975

Quilting Party

Stenge, Bertha

Date Made: 1950-1975

Quilting Party

Creator: Stenge, Bertha

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Center is appliqued version of a scene painted by an unknown Virginia artist.

Quilt Size: 77 x 81

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Paisley, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap, some vintage fabrics from the 1800s used as provided by Florence Peto

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased and given to the Illinois State Museum by the Frank Mason family., 6 other quilts by Bertha in ISM collection.

5-2-94

KID: 5-2-94

1950-1975

Lone Star

Hershberger, Sarah ...

Date Made: 1950-1975

Lone Star

Creator: Hershberger, Sarah Jess

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 54 x 62

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.30, .31, .32.

5-2-131

KID: 5-2-131

1930-1949

Little Red Riding...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Little Red Riding Hood

Location Made: Athens, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Outline and daisy stitches.

Quilt Size: 45 x 64

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Found in her home and believed to have been made by her.

5-2-52

KID: 5-2-52

1930-1949

Star of Contstant...

Stenge, Bertha

Date Made: 1930-1949

Star of Contstantine

Creator: Stenge, Bertha

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 86 x 90

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased for the Museum by the Frank Mason family., 6 other quilts by Bertha in Museum's collection.

5-2-95

KID: 5-2-95

1930-1949

Mosaic

Stenge, Bertha

Date Made: 1930-1949

Mosaic

Creator: Stenge, Bertha

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 98 x 100

Fabrics: Cotton, Striped, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased and given to Illinois State Museum by the Frank Mason family., 6 other quilts by Bertha in the Museum's collection.

5-2-97

KID: 5-2-97

1930-1949

Tulip

Webster, Annie Laur...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Tulip

Creator: Webster, Annie Laura

Location Made: Urbana and Towanda, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Blocks sewn together by machine.

Quilt Size: 80 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Annie wanted a quilt like her mother made. She appliqued the same flowers onto the blocks, her mother sewed the blocks together, and Annie paid Miss Dotson of Towanda to quilt it for $12.50. Annie started it in 1929 when she went to the University of Illinois and finished it when she moved to Towand...

5-2-110

KID: 5-2-110

1930-1949

Mosaic 1

Date Made: 1930-1949

Mosaic 1

Location Made: Ottawa, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 83 x 101

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

see QNM, May 1991, p.28-31

5-2-147

KID: 5-2-147

1930-1949

Kansas Troubles

Gingerich, Anna Mas...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Kansas Troubles

Creator: Gingerich, Anna Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 x 76

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1992.152.47, .48, .50.

5-2-152

KID: 5-2-152

1930-1949

Framed One Patch

Gingerich, Anna Mas...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Framed One Patch

Creator: Gingerich, Anna Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 77 x 78

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.47, .48, .49.

5-2-153

KID: 5-2-153

1930-1949

Sunburst

Mast, Katie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sunburst

Creator: Mast, Katie

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 82 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Unable to find more information about this quiltmaker. Collector noted that it was made by Katie Mast and her mother.

5-2-155

KID: 5-2-155

1930-1949

Rolling Stone

Schrock, Sovilla Ma...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Rolling Stone

Creator: Schrock, Sovilla Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 x 85

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

see 1998.152.53. & .55.

5-2-157

KID: 5-2-157

1930-1949

Bachelor's Puzzle...

Kauffman, Clara Mil...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bachelor's Puzzle

Creator: Kauffman, Clara Miller

Location Made: Middlebury, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 71 x 86

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, cotton sateen

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Quilter in IN gave this quilt to her son, George, when he married Sovilla Schrock and moved to IL in 1934.

5-2-162

KID: 5-2-162

1930-1949

Framed Rectangle ...

Bontrager, Polly Ot...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Framed Rectangle with Nine Patch Border

Creator: Bontrager, Polly Otto

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 x 81

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, cotton sateen

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.73.

5-2-176

KID: 5-2-176

1930-1949

Basket

Mast, Fannie Beachy...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Basket

Creator: Mast, Fannie Beachy

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 55 x 90

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

5-2-180

KID: 5-2-180

1930-1949

Jacob's Ladder

Otto, Lydia Stutzma...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Jacob's Ladder

Creator: Otto, Lydia Stutzman

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 65 x 79

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Lydia made quilt while she was working for Schrocks in 1933. She later gave it to her son, Edward.

5-2-192

KID: 5-2-192

1930-1949

True Lover's Knot...

Yoder, Anna Swartze...

Date Made: 1930-1949

True Lover's Knot (LAC 262)

Creator: Yoder, Anna Swartzentruber

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 x 78

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Made for Sadie by her mother about 1930., 17 of her quilts are in the Museum's collection.

5-2-194

KID: 5-2-194

1930-1949

Evening Star

Graber, Sarah D. Tr...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Evening Star

Creator: Graber, Sarah D. Troyer

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 38 x 42

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, sateen

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

5-2-215

KID: 5-2-215

1930-1949

Postage Stamp

Helmuth, Edna Bontr...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Postage Stamp

Creator: Helmuth, Edna Bontrager

Location Made: ARthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 50 1/2 x 58

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other synthetic, Solid/plain, rayon

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

see 1998.152.7

5-2-224

KID: 5-2-224

1930-1949

Framed Star

Beachy, Emma D. Yod...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Framed Star

Creator: Beachy, Emma D. Yoder

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 x 82

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Top is quilted on top of another quilt. First quilt's quilting stitches show on back., See 1998.152.122 and .124.

5-2-230

KID: 5-2-230

1930-1949

Brick Wall

Date Made: 1930-1949

Brick Wall

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 41" x 47"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Collection said this quilt was made in Arthur, although maker is unknown.

5-2-243

KID: 5-2-243

1930-1949

Nine Patch and Ba...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Nine Patch and Bars

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Nine Patches pieced by hand, otherwise machine pieced.

Quilt Size: 58 x 67

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, flannel

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Collector said it was made in the Arthur Amish community, maker unknown.

5-2-252

KID: 5-2-252

1930-1949

Sunflower (15 pet...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sunflower (15 petals)

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Flowers are machine pieced and then hand appliqued on background square.

Quilt Size: 39 x 54

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Collector purchased from woman in Arthur, maker is unknown. The large amount of white used and the use of applique makes this atypical for Arthur Old Order Amish quilts. It may have been made by a Mennonite.

5-2-254

KID: 5-2-254

1930-1949

Sunshine and Shad...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sunshine and Shadow Brick

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 43 x 58

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Other, Solid/plain, Rayon

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Collector said quilt was made in Arthur Amish community, maker unknown.

5-2-257

KID: 5-2-257

1930-1949

Star of Bethlehem...

Hewett, Emily Hethe...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Star of Bethlehem

Creator: Hewett, Emily Hetherington

Location Made: Amboy, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 84 x 85

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

5-2-14

KID: 5-2-14

1930-1949

Double Wedding Ri...

Atkinson, Hattie R....

Date Made: 1930-1949

Double Wedding Ring

Creator: Atkinson, Hattie R. Conley

Location Made: Fairfield, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 78'

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Printed patchwork

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

3 other quilts in Museum's collection.

5-2-35

KID: 5-2-35

1930-1949

Star Bouquet vari...

Johnson, Gladys McC...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Star Bouquet variation

Creator: Johnson, Gladys McConnell

Location Made: Granite City, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery, Emboridered signatures.

Quilt Size: 74" x 95"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Gladys probably made this before she married and worked in the business office of the highway department. Glady's was the second wife of Calvin D. Johnson, and was not married to him when he was in the state legislature. Calvin served in U.S. House from 1943-45. His first wife died in 1944 and his ...

5-2-53

KID: 5-2-53

1930-1949

Yo- yo

Date Made: 1930-1949

Yo- yo

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Yo-yo, Yo-yo's made from gathered circles and stitched together by quilter with colors arranged in radiating squares in center.

Quilt Size: 82 x 96

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Possibly made by Mrs. Ted Fagerburg, who gave quilt to ISU Museum in 1961. It was later transfered to ISM.

5-2-65

KID: 5-2-65

1930-1949

World's Fair Buil...

Billick, Helen (Nan...

Date Made: 1930-1949

World's Fair Building

Creator: Billick, Helen (Nan) E.

Location Made: Gary, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Outline embroidery for detail in building.

Quilt Size: 63" x 81"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection; Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quiltmaker made this quilt for the Sears Century of Progress quilt contest in 1933 but it didn't win any prizes. She kept a scrapbook with letters from Sears about the quilt and that is also in the Museum's collection., Quite a few quiltmakers chose to include the Sears Pavilion in their commemorati...

5-2-83

KID: 5-2-83

1930-1949

Iva's Pincushion

Stenge, Bertha

Date Made: 1930-1949

Iva's Pincushion

Creator: Stenge, Bertha

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 84 x 89

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Corded, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Other blends, Print, Solid/plain, cotton and rayon blend

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Purchased and given to the Museum by the Frank Mason family., 6 other quilts by Bertha in Museum's collection.

5-2-96

KID: 5-2-96

1930-1949

Trip Around the W...

Knight, Ellen Geig...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Trip Around the World

Creator: Knight, Ellen Geiger

Location Made: Sheridan, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 82 x 83

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Quilter was inspired by the quilts she saw at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Made from scraps of fabric from family clothing, including daughter's dresses. Given to Museum by maker's daughters, Ruth Knight Lee and Mardell Knight Price.

5-2-122

KID: 5-2-122

1930-1949

Broken Star

Schrock, Amanda Mas...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Broken Star

Creator: Schrock, Amanda Mast

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 x 81

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.42., .43, .45, .46.

5-2-146

KID: 5-2-146

1930-1949

Nine Patch

Gingerich, Lydia An...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Nine Patch

Creator: Gingerich, Lydia Ann Schrock ?

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 x 76

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Solid/plain, cotton sateen, rayon

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Privately collected as it was being used as a packing blanket. Maker said to be Lydia Gingerich (Mrs. John A.)but is probably Lydia Ann Gingerich (Mrs. Emery C.). Her son is John E. Gingerich and she was living with him., Her mother. Amanda Mast Schrock, made many quilts in the Collection.

5-2-188

KID: 5-2-188

1930-1949

True Lover's Knot...

Yoder, Anna Swartze...

Date Made: 1930-1949

True Lover's Knot

Creator: Yoder, Anna Swartzentruber

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 71 x 75

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

17 quilts in Museum's collection.

5-2-195

KID: 5-2-195

1930-1949

Nine Patch

Beachy, Cora Yoder

Date Made: 1930-1949

Nine Patch

Creator: Beachy, Cora Yoder

Location Made: Arthur, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 x 74

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Striped, Checked, Solid/plain

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

See 1998.152.117.

5-2-225

KID: 5-2-225