1930-1949

World's Fair Buil...

Billick, Nan

Date Made: 1930-1949

World's Fair Building

Creator: Billick, Nan

Location Made: Gary, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Illinois State Museum purchased this quilt in 1995., Quite a few quiltmakers chose to include the Sears Pavilion in their commemorative quilts. An artist's rendition of the building was easy to find in publications put out by Sears--even the contest brochure carried a building image.

33-29-12

KID: 33-29-12

1930-1949

Garden Kaleidosco...

Barnfield, Mayme He...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Garden Kaleidoscopes

Creator: Barnfield, Mayme Heltman

Location Made: Woodford, Oklahoma (OK) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 86 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

She had 7 years of art at Greeley Colorado College prior to her marriage. she knew color and design fairly well.

33-29-20

KID: 33-29-20

1930-1949

May Garden

Galbraith, Etelka G...

Date Made: 1930-1949

May Garden

Creator: Galbraith, Etelka Geisler

Location Made: Hinsdale, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Etelka Galbraith made 55 quilts during her life. This one was made and designed especially for the Sears National Quilt Contest. Here is a note on the back of a photo in her own hand writing: "My May Garden for Century of Progress started in Jan 1933. Had to be in Sears hands May 1st of...

33-29-21

KID: 33-29-21

1930-1949

A Century of Prog...

Stow, Ida Mae

Date Made: 1930-1949

A Century of Progress

Creator: Stow, Ida Mae

Location Made: Park Ridge, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Waldvogel was contacted by a man from California who claimed to have purchased the Ida Stow quilt from Stow's grand-daughter. He purchased the quilt because of its art deco design. In researching quilts at the Chicago World's Fair, he came upon the book Patchwork Souvenirs and contacted the author...

33-29-31

KID: 33-29-31

1930-1949

I Will Quilt

Ortt, Amy

Date Made: 1930-1949

I Will Quilt

Creator: Ortt, Amy

Location Made: Moline, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, This quilt is basically a Postage Stamp style utility quilt made of leftover scraps. The batting is a used blanket.

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Machine quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Wool, Conversation Prints, Multiple scrap

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Janette Dwyer of Atkinson, Illinois acquired the quilt for $24 at an estate auction in Cambridge, Illinois in 1995. As reported in Antique Week-Central Edition (April 7, 1997), "She thought at the time the quilt was 'just a scrappy patchwork thing,' but says now the find has changed her life. ...

33-29-33

KID: 33-29-33

1930-1949

Rising Sun

Carpenter, Lillie B...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Rising Sun

Creator: Carpenter, Lillie Belle Shaffer

Location Made: Hyndman, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: x

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Sateen

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The whereabouts of the original quilt is not known. , This commercial pattern for both the piecing templates and the quilting designs was sold through a mail order catalog in 1932. The pattern was also available as a kit with the necessary fabrics in the correct color shading. It is likely Mrs. C...

33-29-52

KID: 33-29-52

1930-1949

Bowl of Flowers

Underwood, Fay

Date Made: 1930-1949

Bowl of Flowers

Creator: Underwood, Fay

Location Made: Paluxy, Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Machine Applique, Dimensional applique

Quilt Size: 65 inches x 85 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Lois reported that she purchased Pastoral Cloth 100 per cent cotton (wash fast and boil fast)for her quilt entry. [Reported to Brackman in 1983.] "Contest was advertised in Sears Spring Catalog 1933 promoting the use of a new line of cotton fabric called "pastoral cloth" a high qualit...

33-29-68

KID: 33-29-68

1930-1949

Transportation Qu...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Transportation Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-72

KID: 33-29-72

1930-1949

New York Beauty

Stanton, Emma Wolga...

Date Made: 1930-1949

New York Beauty

Creator: Stanton, Emma Wolgast

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-74

KID: 33-29-74

1930-1949

Mountain Star

Johnson, Junette

Date Made: 1930-1949

Mountain Star

Creator: Johnson, Junette

Location Made: Wheaton, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, This star is an applique pattern--the rays are appliqued. The originial Mountain Mist pattern called for this unusual construction.

Quilt Size: 67 inches x 88 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The Mountain Star pattern (published by Stearns & Foster Co.) carries a copyright of 1932.

33-29-78

KID: 33-29-78

1930-1949

Sears Pavilion

Montgomery, Lora Mc...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sears Pavilion

Creator: Montgomery, Lora McKinley

Location Made: Fort Wayne, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 77 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Accordng to the quilter's daughter "[My mother] got the idea of copying the proposed exhibit hall of Sears (Century of Progress). Pictures had been released of the building. She had an artist draw it to scale for the size of the quilt. she had great difficulty finding enough shadings of gray...

33-29-3

KID: 33-29-3

1930-1949

State of Illinois...

Wetzel, Olive Thoma...

Date Made: 1930-1949

State of Illinois (Commemorative Contest Category)

Creator: Wetzel, Olive Thomas

Location Made: Nashville, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Strip/string Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 82 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Olive Wait Thomas was born on Dec 23, 1877 in Belleville, Illiois across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. For high school, she was sent to Mary Institute in St. Louis. She later went to study at Vassar college, but her college career was cut short when she came home to nurse her mother throug...

33-29-8

KID: 33-29-8

1930-1949

Century of Progre...

Poetz, Marie Svec

Date Made: 1930-1949

Century of Progress

Creator: Poetz, Marie Svec

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Above the Century of Progress is a rendition of the world's fair logo--a spinning Earth. If you look closely, you can see where the quilter has embroidered a Star Arcturus and its rays landing on the Chicago site of the world's fair. The Star Arcturus was used as a symbol linking the city's previous world's fair in 1893 with the 1933 fair forty years later. Apparently, the light rays travelling at the speed of light coming from Arturus would take 40 years (the same length of time since the previous fair) to reach the 1933 event.

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 88 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilt owner Norma Darling purchased the quilt in April 1978. She was born in 1933 and collects items from the Chicago World's Fair and, as she said, "this quilt is one of a kind. And I am very proud to own it. The quilt was made by Marie Poetz. The design ofthe quilt is unusual. It depicts...

33-29-10

KID: 33-29-10

1930-1949

Fort Dearborn Qui...

Fitzgerald, Mary O'...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Fort Dearborn Quilt (Green Merit Ribbon)

Creator: Fitzgerald, Mary O'Halloran

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Notice the layering of small strips of fabric to create realistic log buildings. , Mary O'Halloran was educated at a convent school in Rensselaer, Indiana. There she learned quilting, lace making, crewel, and needlepoint. After schooling, she took a job as a nanny. While walking the children in ...

33-29-19

KID: 33-29-19

1930-1949

Autumn Leaves

Snyder, Edith

Date Made: 1930-1949

Autumn Leaves

Creator: Snyder, Edith

Location Made: Buffalo, New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-25

KID: 33-29-25

1930-1949

Lincoln's Favorit...

Ward, Inez

Date Made: 1930-1949

Lincoln's Favorite Quilt

Creator: Ward, Inez

Location Made: Horse Cave, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In 2007, Inez Ward died. It is assumed the quilt was passed on to her son Louis Ward Jr., The quiltmaker said she borrowed this pattern from a friend., Inez Ward lived her entire life in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At age seventeen, she married Louis Ward. Her husband worked for the state of Kentucky, ...

33-29-27

KID: 33-29-27

1930-1949

Little Nine Patch...

Hair, Minnie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Little Nine Patch

Creator: Hair, Minnie

Location Made: Kansas City, Missouri (MO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Multiple scrap, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Purchased at an antique mall in Southwest Missouri in August 2001., According to information provided by the quilt owner: Minnie Hair was born April 21, 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, to Parents Oscar Larson and Fredricka Lunn. Oscar and Fredricka emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden ...

33-29-35

KID: 33-29-35

1930-1949

Eagle and Swags

Merrill, Verna Mari...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Eagle and Swags

Creator: Merrill, Verna Marinda

Location Made: Grace, Idaho (ID) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Swag border

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

She was born in Utah, but followed her husband to the little town of Grace, Idaho. The quiltmaker was a milliner in Grace, Idaho. She made drapes, wedding dresses, etc. According to her daughter, she was an artist. The quilt is all her own design. She dyed some of the fabric and quilted it herse...

33-29-44

KID: 33-29-44

1930-1949

Contest Kit Quilt...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Contest Kit Quilt

Location Made: Cleveland, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In an oral interview with Roger Tussing (age 90 in 1998) whose name is embroidered on the quilt, he related how his mother and father travelled to the Fair in the summer of 1933. She was particularly interested in seeing the quilts on display. He did not go with them. "When they returned she...

33-29-46

KID: 33-29-46

1930-1949

Star of the Blueg...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Star of the Bluegrass

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, The padded (or "stuffed") quilting is distinctive. The original quilt entered by Margaret Caden was stuffed in the same design.

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

It is assumed this duplicate quilt was made by professional quilters that Miss Caden employed on a regular basis, but their names are not known and its not clear if the same women worked on the original prize winning quilt., This quilt design was added to the Mountain Mist pattern line in 1950. It ...

33-29-48

KID: 33-29-48

1930-1949

Acorn

Veasy, C. W.

Date Made: 1930-1949

Acorn

Creator: Veasy, C. W.

Location Made: Idaho Falls, Idaho (ID) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The whereabouts of this quilt is not known.

33-29-54

KID: 33-29-54

1930-1949

Feathered Star

Hughes, Isabel

Date Made: 1930-1949

Feathered Star

Creator: Hughes, Isabel

Location Made: Linn Grove, Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: inches x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-58

KID: 33-29-58

1930-1949

Sears Building

Greer, Alice Summer...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sears Building

Creator: Greer, Alice Summers

Location Made: Sunbright, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The family story is that Alice used a drawing of the Sears Pavilion on the cover of the Sears Roebuck catalog that year for her quilt design and the one airplane on her quilt is Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis.", In 1933 at the time of the contest, Alice Greer was the postmaster o...

33-29-60

KID: 33-29-60

1930-1949

Star of France

Combs, Susie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Star of France

Creator: Combs, Susie

Location Made: Pebworth, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to the quiltmaker's niece, the quilt went for $250 two or three years after the Fair. Since it was made from the same fabrics and with the same shades of yellow and gold, this Star of France quilt by Susie Combs would be hard to distinguish from other Star of France quilts made in the...

33-29-62

KID: 33-29-62

1930-1949

Wreath of Daisies...

Ohlis, Mrs. J. J.

Date Made: 1930-1949

Wreath of Daisies

Creator: Ohlis, Mrs. J. J.

Location Made: Oak Park, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: This quilt has not been found and the only known photo of this quilt was published in the Chicago Daily News, Friday, May 26, 1933. Any information about the colors, construction and quilting designs are based on suppositions.

Quilt Size: x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-63

KID: 33-29-63

1930-1949

Martha's Vineyard...

Litsey, Georgia

Date Made: 1930-1949

Martha's Vineyard

Creator: Litsey, Georgia

Location Made: Leitchfield, Kentucky (KY) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: x inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to Martha Moorman of Leitchfield, KY (Letter to B Brackman, Sept 13, 1982), "Mrs. Litsey died in January 1964 and a public sale was held later in theyear, so no on seems to know for sure just who did get the prize-winning quilt.", According to a letter from a close neighbor (Marg...

33-29-65

KID: 33-29-65

1930-1949

Lone Star

Bell, Mrs. G. M.

Date Made: 1930-1949

Lone Star

Creator: Bell, Mrs. G. M.

Location Made: Mendota, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 81 inches x 93 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-75

KID: 33-29-75

1930-1949

Friendship Ring

Hammond, Mabel

Date Made: 1930-1949

Friendship Ring

Creator: Hammond, Mabel

Location Made: Plattsburg, New York (NY) United States

Quilt Size: 81 inches x 93 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quiltmaker gave the quilt to her son's wife (Marge). Marge gave it to current owner.", Quiltmaker was also an excellent rugmaker. She collected old wool and made them into strips for her rug hooking. She sold rugs to well-known people. She married in 1934. She died in Glen Falls, NY in 199...

33-29-77

KID: 33-29-77

1930-1949

Louisiana Rose

Hyde, Celia Pardue

Date Made: 1930-1949

Louisiana Rose

Creator: Hyde, Celia Pardue

Location Made: Crowley, Louisiana (LA) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 81 inches x 84 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Sateen, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Marjorie Malone loved her aunt and loved owning this quilt. Along with her daughter, Boofie, she attended a number of the museum sites when her quilt travelled with the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. , The quilt design was included in the Sears Quilt Pattern Booklet sold after the contest's conclusi...

33-29-86

KID: 33-29-86

1930-1949

The Spectrum

Matthews, Edith Mor...

Date Made: 1930-1949

The Spectrum

Creator: Matthews, Edith Morrow

Location Made: Winnemucca, Nevada (NV) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, The swirling design is especially difficult to do, but it makes for a dynamic quilt. The white central orb with radiating spikes is appliqued to cover the point where the swirls come together.

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to one newspaper account, the idea for this quilt came from her husband. She told the newspaper reporter that this was her first quilt. "And there's another part of the story too. If you asked grandmother about making quilts, you would probably be led to believe that only the women...

33-29-95

KID: 33-29-95

1930-1949

Magpie Rose

Mounts, Euphemia

Date Made: 1930-1949

Magpie Rose

Creator: Mounts, Euphemia

Location Made: Carlinville, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 87 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to Ardis James, this quilt was sold in Feb 1989 by granddaughter of quilter because her mother, just deceased, had never allowed her to touch it during her lifetime. Jameses bought quilt in 1989 from Mary and Joe Koval. The quilt was part of the James Collection transferred to the Int...

33-29-4

KID: 33-29-4

1930-1949

Woman Spinning (G...

Andres, Emma Mary M...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Woman Spinning (Green Merit Ribbon)

Creator: Andres, Emma Mary Martha

Location Made: Prescott, Arizona (AZ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 82 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Joyce Gross acquired the quilt from Emma Andres in the 1980s. The Joyce Gross Quilt History Collection including this quilt was acquired in 2008 by the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas-Austin., The Joyce Gross Quilt History collection has the tissue paper pattern., Emm...

33-29-11

KID: 33-29-11

1930-1949

Century of Progre...

Dyer, Aurora See

Date Made: 1930-1949

Century of Progress - World Without End

Creator: Dyer, Aurora See

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Two design sketches for the layout of the quilt remain with the family., In 1933 Aurora Dyer was president of the Cook County Women's Christian Temperance Union. The organization planned a booth at the fair. With her club work and the making of her Sears Contest quilt, the family anticipated the o...

33-29-23

KID: 33-29-23

1930-1949

Delectable Mounta...

Plume, Frieda

Date Made: 1930-1949

Delectable Mountains

Creator: Plume, Frieda

Location Made: Evanston, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In a letter written to Mrs. Carpenter whose quilt was also shown at the Chicago World's Fair, Frida Plume wrote: "Dear Mrs. Carpenter: Thank you for your congratulations. My quilt is pieced of solid red and white Peter Pan gingham, an all over pattern." Re: the pattern name: Althoug...

33-29-28

KID: 33-29-28

1930-1949

Phoenix Rising

Date Made: 1930-1949

Phoenix Rising

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In 1998, the quilt was owned by the America Hurrah Collection. In January 1997, the quilt was in the collection of the Laura Fisher Galleries. , The quilt's fanciful design commemorates the city of Chicago's efforts to overcome the Chicago Fire to become a world class city in 1933. Motifs that sho...

33-29-45

KID: 33-29-45

1930-1949

Century of Progre...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Century of Progress

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 92 inches

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-47

KID: 33-29-47

1930-1949

Commemorative

Unknown

Date Made: 1930-1949

Commemorative

Creator: Unknown

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 92 inches

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The only record of this quilt is a b/w photo taken by Sears Roebuck & Co. probably at the time of the 1934 exhibit at the Sears Pavilion.

33-29-49

KID: 33-29-49

1930-1949

Garden Bouquet

Bentley, Grace May

Date Made: 1930-1949

Garden Bouquet

Creator: Bentley, Grace May

Location Made: New Haven, Connecticut (CT) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

This story was excerpted from notes taken by the quilt historian: "Not only was her quilt chronicled at the World's Fair, on its triumphant return to its home state, Connecticut, it was used as a fund raiser for her local church. On November 30, 1933, her local paper stated, "this quilt,...

33-29-57

KID: 33-29-57

1930-1949

Contest Kit Quilt...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Contest Kit Quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 88 inches x 96 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilt top came directly from the Collection of Sandra Mitchell Ohio Quilt Dealer and Folk Art Collector who passed away in 2000. The quilt owner, Susan Wildemuth, purchased it from Barbara Lemme of sign of the Whale Antiques, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. , The manufacturer of this quilt kit remains a mys...

33-29-61

KID: 33-29-61

1930-1949

Hendle, Alice

Date Made: 1930-1949

Creator: Hendle, Alice

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 88 inches x 96 inches

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

A photograph of this quilt appeared in the May 26, 1933 Daily News along with two other winning quilts from that particular Store contest. The whereabouts of the quiltmaker and her quilt are not known.

33-29-64

KID: 33-29-64

1930-1949

Century of Progre...

Hansen, Anna

Date Made: 1930-1949

Century of Progress

Creator: Hansen, Anna

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Embroidery is designed to bring out the detail features of the airplane and dirigible as well as the architectural details of the Sears Pavilion Building. There are also tiny colorful flowers embroidered at lower portion of the pavilion design.

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 84 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to 1980s interview, the owner said Mr. Hansen designed the quilt.

33-29-83

KID: 33-29-83

1930-1949

Crown of Thorns

Porter, Lelia Rawls...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Crown of Thorns

Creator: Porter, Lelia Rawls

Location Made: Hollins, Alabama (AL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 79 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

In 1985, the quilt was purchased by the Birmingham Museum of Art with funds from the Fashion Group, Inc. in memory of Mary S. Faust., Per an interview with Marguerite Fulbright, the quiltmaker's daughter, she remembered "We had the pattern, but it got lost in the move. She belonged to a club. ...

33-29-15

KID: 33-29-15

1930-1949

Morning Glory

Mayer, Mrs. H.

Date Made: 1930-1949

Morning Glory

Creator: Mayer, Mrs. H.

Location Made: Chandler, Oklahoma (OK) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery, Various colored embroidery thread used.

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 86 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilt was purchased through an online auction.

33-29-34

KID: 33-29-34

1930-1949

Wheel of Progress...

Chapman, Zada

Date Made: 1930-1949

Wheel of Progress

Creator: Chapman, Zada

Location Made: New Smyrna, Florida (FL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Reverse Applique, Dimensional applique, Other novelty technique, Embroidery, Scripted sayings are "embroidered" with a thin metallic braid that is couched.

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Multiple scrap, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Every inch of the space on the quilt surface is filled with pictorial images, messages, and references to Chicago and its history., Zada Chapman grew up in Fairfield, Illinois. She met her husband Herschel there. They married and moved to a farming community in Big Sandy, Tennessee. They also liv...

33-29-38

KID: 33-29-38

1930-1949

All American Star...

Skillestad, Grace E...

Date Made: 1930-1949

All American Star

Creator: Skillestad, Grace Edith

Location Made: Union, Montana (MT) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Embroidery, Painting, Images on the quilt are made with crayon. These include: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, an eagle with outspread wings, an American Flag, Pres. Roosevelt, the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Capitol, and Uncle Sam. At the right side is a traced trademark relating to the 1933 World's Fair -- which may have been a handkerchief design.

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Sateen, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to her grand-daughter, Grace was living in Montana at the time of the contest. Her husband was a rancher and farmer. They had four sons. They lived their later years in Glendive, Montana. "She was a beautiful artist. She did velvet painting, beading, embroidery. She taught 4-H s...

33-29-40

KID: 33-29-40

1930-1949

Tea Rose

Gau, Minnie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Tea Rose

Creator: Gau, Minnie

Location Made: Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 90 inches

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The whereabouts of this quilt and its maker are not known. , Noted quilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton, Jr.visited the display in 1933. His comments about this quilt: "Antique Rose. Prints seem old."

33-29-53

KID: 33-29-53

1930-1949

Historic America

Normann, Fanny and ...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Historic America

Creator: Normann, Fanny and Charles

Location Made: Texas (TX) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery, Painting

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 93 inches

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to Fanny Normann (who wrote to Karey Bresenhan in 1986), "We married in '28--just prior to the drop-out depression--while Mr. Normann was teaching art and doing reproductions at Bradford Paint Company on Ninth and Colorado in Austin. He was a sensitive, experimental traveler, trying ...

33-29-55

KID: 33-29-55

1930-1949

Sears Building

Robnette, Addie

Date Made: 1930-1949

Sears Building

Creator: Robnette, Addie

Location Made: Pikeville, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 93 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

33-29-66

KID: 33-29-66

1930-1949

Vases of Flowers

Cummings, Alma Iren...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Vases of Flowers

Creator: Cummings, Alma Irene Hull

Location Made: Scotch Ridge, Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 86 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, The print fabric is a reproduction of earlier calico prints. It was said to reproduce old "oil boil calicos."

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to her grand-daughter, she made hundreds of quqilts. "She learned to quilt from her mother Emma Hull when she was a very young girl. The family had heard that she won so many prizes at the Iowa State Fair that they told her to stop entering." Interview report with Barbara Brac...

33-29-80

KID: 33-29-80

1930-1949

Nineteen Hundred ...

Longsworth, Jeannet...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Nineteen Hundred Thirty Three

Creator: Longsworth, Jeannette Morgan

Location Made: Racine, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 61 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilting is an allover square grid with parallel lines quilted in the striped border.

33-29-97

KID: 33-29-97

1930-1949

I Pay Tribute to ...

Hengesbach, Regina

Date Made: 1930-1949

I Pay Tribute to My Flag

Creator: Hengesbach, Regina

Location Made: Westphalia, Michigan (MI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 74" x 80"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

This quilt was made for the Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Regina Hengesbach’s Flag Quilt and Ribbon from the Sear’s Quilt Competition of 1933 When the Sears and Roebuck Company sponsored its “Century of Progress National Quilt Competition” in early 1933, our mother creat...

12-8-6350

KID: 12-8-6350

1930-1949

Iris (Second Pla...

Wade, Flora Sexton

Date Made: 1930-1949

Iris (Second Place - Atlanta Region)

Creator: Wade, Flora Sexton

Location Made: Knoxville, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 89 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Flora Sexton was born in Friendsville, Tennessee, a Quaker community. Trained as a nurse, she took a job at a nearby Knoxville hospital. One night injured and badly burned passengers and workers from a railroad accident arrived at the hospital in ambulances. One of her patients was Joe Wade. The...

33-29-18

KID: 33-29-18

1930-1949

Teepees to Temple...

Unknown

Date Made: 1930-1949

Teepees to Temples

Creator: Unknown

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 89 inches

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The current owner of this quilt is not known.

33-29-32

KID: 33-29-32

1930-1949

Floridian Garden

Bitter, Louella Bea...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Floridian Garden

Creator: Bitter, Louella Beatty

Location Made: Quincy, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Embroidery, The family story of why the judges disqualified the quilt is that the French knots had worked through the silk. Another reason was that some of the penciled pattern lines were visible. According to grand-daughter Eleanor Alford, "I cannot believe that these reasons would have disqualified, rather, would have dropped the quilt back in prize position. My own theory is that the quilt was the worng size, which would indeed disqualify it. No one knows for sure." Alford to Brackman, January 20, 1983.

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk, The attached lace was made by the quiltmaker.

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilt was donated to the Chicago Historical Society after the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibition ended., According to the owner (the quiltmaker's grand-daughter), her grandparents had a winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida for many years and both loved Floridian life. Grandmother was an accomplished ...

33-29-37

KID: 33-29-37

1930-1949

Flower Garden

Rowbotham, Julia

Date Made: 1930-1949

Flower Garden

Creator: Rowbotham, Julia

Location Made: DeSmeth, South Dakota (SD) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to the owner, "Julia read about the contest and wanted to enter but could not afford the material. Her daughter ordered the material from a Sears catalogue. Every stitch was her own from piecing to quilting. The quilt was mailed to Sears Roebuck in Minneapolis.", According to ...

33-29-41

KID: 33-29-41

1930-1949

Century of Progre...

Leitzel, Edna Beatr...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Century of Progress (Second Place - Philadelphia)

Creator: Leitzel, Edna Beatrice

Location Made: Hummel's Wharf, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to the grand-daughter (the current owner), the quiltmaker made two quilts, almost identical in nature for the contest. The duplicate replaces the word "eight" for "nine" in the message on the original quilt "around the world in less than nine days." , Accordi...

33-29-51

KID: 33-29-51

1930-1949

World's Fair Quil...

Date Made: 1930-1949

World's Fair Quilt Kit

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 88 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Quilt was donated by Shelly Zegart in 1995., Compare this quilt to #066 made with the same kit. The only differences are in the embroidery designs.

33-29-59

KID: 33-29-59

1930-1949

The Chicago Fair ...

White, Rose

Date Made: 1930-1949

The Chicago Fair Quilt

Creator: White, Rose

Location Made: Clarkston, Washington (WA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, The semi-scalloped edge is bound with a separate binding pieced of the star colors and then bound by hand.

Quilt Size: 71 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

The quilt was donated in 1972 by the quiltmaker, Rose White.

33-29-69

KID: 33-29-69

1930-1949

Ocean Waves

Stanley, Ora Lee

Date Made: 1930-1949

Ocean Waves

Creator: Stanley, Ora Lee

Location Made: Oakdale, California (CA) United States

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 79 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Multiple scrap

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to the quiltmaker's son, "Her husband left her with $10 and five children to raise. She was a chicken farmer and an avid quilter. She made this quilt with scraps saved and worked on it for five years or more. when she heard of the Sears Quilting Contest in conjunction with the 193...

33-29-73

KID: 33-29-73

1930-1949

Grandmother's Flo...

Maack, Gladys Cecil...

Date Made: 1930-1949

Grandmother's Flower Garden

Creator: Maack, Gladys Cecilia

Location Made: Harvard, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 79 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Solid/plain

Project: Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

According to the quilt owner, who is the maker's niece, Gladys Maack was born on a dairy farm, worked as a cosmetologist most of her life in Rockford, Illinois.

33-29-79

KID: 33-29-79