QUILT INDEX RECORD

15-11-2675

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Who documented this quilt?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Wisconsin Quilt History Project Number:

1190

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

The quilt makers were the grand mother and the mother of the owner.

When was the form filled out?

04-28-1990

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

The owner was given the quilt as a gift. Her mother in law and her grand mother in law made the quilt for the mother in law's wedding.

Interviewer:

Utech, Sue

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

North Central Technical College, Wausau WI

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Split Bars

Owner's name for quilt:

Split Bar

Brackman # or other source & #:

BB 475.5

How wide is the quilt?

68 inches

How long is the quilt?

88 inches

What color is the quilt?

Lavender; White

Overall color scheme:

Two color; Light or pastel colors

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

The white is actually off white.

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Other

Describe the damage:

worn and used

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

c. 1933

When was the quilt finished?

c. 1933

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1933

Further information concerning dates:

The daughter, Julia Babler, was 18 when she married.

Describe the quilt setting:

The set of the colors were in stripes.

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

one

Number of borders:

none

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Machine sewn

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

The stitches are medium in size and uneven.

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Floral

Quilt top made by:

Stauffacher, Mary; Babler,Julia

Quilted by:

Stauffacher, Mary; Babler, Julia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Monroe

Where the quilt was made, county:

Green

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

The owner's husband's mother and grand mother made Julia, his mother's, wedding quilt.

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation; Wedding

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Schmid (grand mother) and Stauffacher (Julia, the husband's mother)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Switzerland

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's county:

Green

Quiltmaker's city:

Monroe

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Grand mother's father's name (Schmid) and mother's father's name (Stauffacher)

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Stauffacher, E - grandmother's husband; Babler - Julia's husband

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

farmer - grandfather

Number of children:

six -grandmother

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts