QUILT INDEX RECORD

15-11-3921

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:

2357

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

09-20-1991

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

Interviewer:

Mikulec, Joan

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Jewish Community Center, Fox Point Wisconsin

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Dutch Rose

How wide is the quilt?

66.00 in.

How long is the quilt?

77.00 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Pink; White

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Fading

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Quilt had never been used but is faded.

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1928-1930

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

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

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Pink

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Separate binding applied

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 1:

8

Quilt top made by:

Friends and Family of Harriett Hohensee Sook

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fond du Lac

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Friends and family of Harriet Sook (nee) Hohensee of Fond du Lac, WI made this quilt for her wedding. Names and information regarding the quilt makers is unknown. Harriet Sook is the mother-in-law of the quilt owner, Joanne Sook. The quilt owner added information about her mother-in law, "She was from Fond du Lac and taught at Waucousta, WI and lived with this family who worked on the quilt during the week. She talked of riding to train station in a carriage with a surrey on top."

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Quilt owner has photos of the quilt maker(s?) in a family album.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Sook, Joanne

Quilt owner's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts