
QUILT INDEX RECORD
18-14-55
DESCRIPTION:
This quilt was made in 1959 for a great grandson. It is kit #7122 Crib Quilt from Homeneedlecraft Creations. The name of the kit design is not known. It is likely that Gasperik used a quilt top which she had put together from the kit decades earlier. At the time she finished this quilt she was 71 years old.
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Mary Gasperik Legacy Project
Who documented this quilt?
Mary Gasperik Private Collection
CONTRIBUTING INSTITUTIONAL INVENTORY CONTROL NUMBERS: Enter the main control number for this item you are entering.
025
TYPE OF QUILT OBJECT: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.
Finished quilt
QUILT'S TITLE, IF IT HAS ONE: Many quilts have no title, but contemporary quilters often give a name to their quilts.
Baby Blocks
OWNER'S NAME FOR QUILT'S PATTERN: Enter the name given to the quilt by the owner. This can be the name the family used to refer to the quilt as it passed through different generations, e.g. "Aunt Susie's quilt" or a pattern name that the owner used.
Baby Blocks
OVERALL WIDTH: Enter how wide the quilt is.
47 inches
OVERALL LENGTH: Enter how long the quilt is.
65 inches
SHAPE OF EDGE: Choose the best description for the edges of the quilt.
Straight
SHAPE OF CORNERS: Choose the best description for the corners of the quilt.
Straight
PREDOMINANT COLOR(S): Enter all colors that are found in the quilt.
Blue or Navy; Pink; White; Yellow
OVERALL COLOR SCHEME: Choose the best color scheme description for the quilt being documented.
Light or pastel colors
OVERALL CONDITION: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.
Excellent/like new
METHOD OF INSCRIPTION: Choose the method used to inscribe the quilt.
Embroidery
TIME PERIOD: Choose the time frame that best describes when the quilt was made. The date does not have to appear on the quilt to enter it in this field. This can be your best guess based on family stories or your own knowledge of quilts.
1950-1975
DATE FINISHED: Enter the date the quilt was finished.
1959
FAMILY/OWNER'S DATE FOR QUILT: If there are family stories that indicate a date when the quilt was made, enter that date.
1959
OTHER DATE ESTIMATION BY WHOM: Enter the name and/or title of the person who estimated the quilt's date for field 23d.
Merikay Waldvogel
FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING DATE(S): If you know anything else about the date the quilt was made, please tell the story.
Gasperik made quilt for a great grandson born in Feb. 1959.
LAYOUT FORMAT: Choose the best description for the layout (or set) of the quilt.
Medallion or framed center
NUMBER OF BORDERS: Borders are the strips of fabric that are added after the blocks (and sashings) are put together. They appear on the outside edges of the quilt. Quilts often have multiple borders. Enter the number of borders on the quilt.
2
BORDER DESCRIPTION: Describe the style of the borders (i.e. pieced, appliqued, stenciled) and the width of each border, from the inside to the outside.
Outer border is blue. Inner border is pink.
FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT TOP: Choose all the types of fiber that are used to make the quilt top.
Cotton
FABRIC PATTERNS, STYLES, MOTIFS, OR PRINT CATEGORIES USED IN QUILT TOP: Choose all the types of prints that are used to make the quilt top.
Print; Solid/plain
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN QUILT TOP: APPLIQUE TECHNIQUES: Choose the applique method used to construct the quilt.
Hand Applique
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN QUILT TOP: EMBELLISHMENT TECHNIQUES: Choose the embellishment technique used to make the quilt.
Embroidery
UNIQUE EMBELLISHMENTS: Enter any embellishment materials that don't appear in a previous field.
Gasperik added her own blue border to the kit's pink border.
FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT BACK: Choose the fiber type used to make the quilt back.
Cotton
MATERIALS USED IN QUILT BINDING: Choose the fiber type used to make the quilt binding.
Cotton
MATERIAL USED FOR QUILT BATTING OR FILLING: Choose the fiber content that best describes the material used to fill the quilt.
Cotton
BATTING LOFT: Choose the thickness of the quilt filling that best describes the quilt.
Thin (Less than 3/16
QUILTING TECHNIQUES USED: Choose the technique that best describes the way the quilt layers are held together.
Hand quilting
THREAD COLOR: Enter the color(s) of thread used to hold the quilt layers together.
white
QUILTING DESIGNS USED: MOTIFS/OVERALL PATTERNS: Choose the overall quilt design found on the quilt top.
Elbow/fan; Grid diamond; Patches outlined/in the ditch
QUILTING DESIGNS USED: DECORATIVE PATTERNS: Choose the decorative quilt design found on the quilt top.
Feathering; Wreaths; Other
QUILTING DESIGNS USED: BACKGROUND FILL PATTERNS: Choose the background quilt design found on the quilt top.
Grid/crosshatch; Other
PLEASE DESCRIBE OTHER QUILTING DESIGNS USED: Describe any other quilting designs that appear on the quilt.
Outer blue border quilted in feathers with square grid pattern in four corners. Inner pink border quilted in a fan and arch pattern to fit the inner scalloped edge. Embedded in the diamond cross-hatching of the center panel are quilted blocks (a pattern supplied in the kit) and four feathered wreaths filled with cross-hatching. A crown of feathers is quilted above the baby's head. The quilted blocks are from the kit; the rest of the quilting is probably Gasperik's own selection of patterns.
ANY OTHER FEATURES OR NOTES ABOUT THE QUILT'S APPEARANCE, MATERIALS, OR CONSTRUCTION: Describe anything about the physical appearance of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field.
The blue border was added to Homeneedlecraft kit #7122. Gasperik used the kit's fabrics and applique patterns. She designed her own quiltING.
QUILT TOP MADE BY: Enter the name of the person(s) who made the quilt top.
Gasperik, Mary
QUILTED BY: Enter the name of the person(s) who quilted the top.
Gasperik, Mary
CITY: Enter the name of the city where the quilt was made.
Chicago
COUNTY: Enter the name of the county where the quilt was made.
Cook County
STATE: Enter the name of the state where the quilt was made.
Illinois (IL)
COUNTRY: Enter the name of the country where the quilt was made.
United States
HOW WAS QUILT ACQUIRED BY OWNER: Choose the best description for how the owner acquired the quilt.
Gift
DETAILS ON HOW THE QUILT WAS ACQUIRED:
Given to Linda Krueger MacLachlan to celebrate the birth of her first child, in 1959.
QUILTMAKER'S REASONS FOR MAKING THE QUILT: If the quilt was made for a specific purpose, choose the reason from the list.
Baby or crib
QUILT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE USED AS: Choose how the quilt was originally used.
Bedding, special occasion
QUILT IS PRESENTLY USED AS: Choose how the quilt is being used by the present owner.
Keepsake/memento
OTHER PRESENT USE(S) OF QUILT: If you chose Other, please explain the quilt's present use.
Mary's grandchildren regard her quilts as a unique collection to be preserved and appreciated.
SOURCE OF QUILT'S MATERIALS: Choose how the quilt maker acquired the fabric for this quilt.
Purchased new
QUILT TOP PATTERN SOURCE: Choose where the quilt maker found the pattern for this quilt.
Commercial/Published source: Kit
COMMERCIAL SOURCE NAME(S): If you know the commercial name of the pattern used for this quilt, please enter it. This may include books, magazines, newsletters, pattern companies, computer software programs, and kits.
#7122 Crib Quilt from Homeneedlecraft Creations
QUILTING DESIGN PATTERN SOURCE: Choose where the quilt maker found the pattern for the quilting design used in this quilt.
Kit
COMMERCIAL QUILTING DESIGN SOURCE NAME: If you know the commercial name of the quilting design used for this quilt, please enter it. This may include books, magazines, newsletters, pattern companies, etc.
Feathered wreath (No. 19, page 2) and feathered crown (No. 83, page 5) from Needleart Guild's Original Master Quilting Patterns, Grand Rapids, MI
ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES OR STORIES ABOUT THE QUILT'S DESIGN OR MATERIALS SOURCE: Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field.
Gasperik's great grandson purchased (in 2004) on ebay auction site a quilt in the same design--evidence that it was a kit. Another quilt of the same design was purchased in Indiana by Xenia Cord in 2008.
EXHIBITIONS: List all known exhibits where this quilt has been displayed.
The Quilts of Mary Gasperik, Ravenswood Historic Site, Livermore, CA, March 14-15, 1992.
CONTESTS ENTERED: List contest(s) entered.
The quilt's owner, Linda MacLachlan, remembers that this quilt won a blue ribbon at an Illinois State Fair.
OTHER RELATED ITEMS: List other materials that exist about this quilt like oral histories, wills, diaries, or patterns.
A quilt of this design, made by an unknown quilter, was purchased on eBay in 2004 and is in the private collection of Linda MacLachlan.
Another quilt of this design was purchased in Indiana in 2008 (Xenia Cord - private collection).
It should be noted that these two quilts have the same pink border and share the same set of fabrics with each other and with the Gasperik quilt (except for the blue border added to the Gasperik quilt).
AVAILABLE SOURCES FOR QUILTMAKER: List other source materials about this quiltmaker such as photos, oral histories, book or newspaper publications, fame for some other reason or event.
Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)102-103.
Merikay Waldvogel "One American Dream Comes True", Quilters Newsletter Magazine, March 2008, 46-49.
OWNERSHIP OF THIS QUILT IS:
Private
NAME OF QUILT OWNER:
Linda Krueger MacLachlan
QUILT OWNER'S COUNTRY:
United States
AUTHOR/INTERVIEWEE'S RELATION TO THE QUILT:
Author/researcher; Blood relative of quiltmaker
OTHER RELATIONSHIP TO SOURCE: If you chose Other, for the relationship to the source, describe the relationship here.
Grand-daughter
OTHER INFORMATION ON SOURCE PERSON TO QUILT:
Grand-daughter Susan Salser began this research effort in 1991, after she and her two sisters divided up the quilts which belonged to their mother (Elsie Gasperik Krueger) who died in 1988. Her ongoing research has been fruitful and interesting.
QUILTMAKER'S MAIDEN NAME:
Mihalovits, Maria
QUILTMAKER'S GENDER:
Female
QUILTMAKER'S BIRTH DATE:
01/25/1888
DEATH DATE OF THE QUILTMAKER, IF APPLICABLE:
05/25/1969
QUILTMAKER'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND:
Hungarian
QUILTMAKER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Elementary School
QUILTMAKER'S COUNTRY OF BIRTH:
Hungary
IN WHICH KIND OF ENVIRONMENT DID THE QUILTMAKER GROW UP?
Rural
CITY WHERE THE QUILTMAKER LIVES/LIVED:
East Hazelcrest
STATE WHERE THE QUILTMAKER LIVES/LIVED:
Illinois (IL)
COUNTRY WHERE THE QUILTMAKER LIVES/LIVED:
United States
QUILTMAKER'S FATHER'S NAME:
Mihalovits, Istvan
FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE:
Hungary
FATHER'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND:
Hungarian
QUILTMAKER'S MOTHER'S NAME:
Mihalovits, Vidoszava
MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE:
Hungary
MOTHER'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND:
Hungarian
SPOUSE'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND:
Hungarian
SPOUSE'S OCCUPATION:
Milk Dealer/Grocery Store Owner/Butcher
NUMBER OF CHILDREN:
3
NUMBER OF FEMALE CHILDREN:
1 (Elsie 1909-1988)
NUMBER OF MALE CHILDREN:
2 (Elmer and Stephen)
HOW DID THE QUILTMAKER LEARN TO QUILT?
From guild or club member; Self-Taught
WHEN DID THE QUILTMAKER LEARN TO QUILT?
Age 40-49
WHY DOES/DID THE QUILTMAKER QUILT:
Pleasure; Other
OTHER, WHY THE QUILTMAKER QUILTS:
Mary Gasperik made quilts because it was her life passion and greatest talent. As opportunities arose, she entered contests and exhibited them publicly. She also made special quilts for her family.
NAME OF QUILTING GROUP: If the quilt maker belonged to a group, enter the name of the group.
Tuley Park Quilt Club and Detroit News Quilt Club
LOCATION OF GROUP:
Southside Chicago and Detroit MI
SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES/EVENTS OF QUILTING GROUP: Enter activities the group participated in.
Chicago group met to quilt and held periodic quilt shows; Detroit group held national exhibits and contests.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF QUILTS MADE BY THIS QUILTER:
more than 50
DID THE QUILTMAKER SELL QUILTS?
no
DOES/DID QUILTMAKER TEACH QUILTING: Is the quilt maker also a quilt teacher?
no
PHOTO CREDIT:
Don Gonzalez
ACCESS AND COPYRIGHT IS:
Restricted
HOLDER OF COPYRIGHT:
Hank Finn
Cite this Quilt
Gasperik, Mar. Baby Blocks. 1959. From Mary Gasperik Legacy Project, Mary Gasperik Private Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-55. Accessed: 05/17/22
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Gallery
Gasperik 05: Gifts for Children
Waldvogel, Merikay
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Exhibit
The Quilts of Mary Gasperik
Salser, Susan
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Ephemera
The Quilts of Mary Gasperik
Salser, Susan
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Gasperik, Mary Quiltmaker
Susan Salser