
QUILT INDEX RECORD
18-14-84
DESCRIPTION:
This late 1930s quilt reflects the type of quilt she made for everyday use. During the war years, Edith Crumb, the director of Detroit's Quilt Club Corner, Mary's Detroit quilt club, especially encouraged member quilters to make blanket substitutes pieced from woolen scraps. Although Mary could not participate in the Friday afternoon meetings of the Club, she corresponded with members.
ESSAY:
This late 1930s quilt reflects the type of quilt she made for everyday use. Supplies of cotton fabric were diminished due to WWII rationing, and quilters were urged to participate in the war effort by making scrap quilts, not only for personal use but for veterans and for American relief efforts in Europe. Mary's daughter Elsie made almost all of the clothing for her three daughters. The Krueger girls recognize quite a few of the scraps used in their grandmother's war time comforters (see also #050). These comforters were heavily used in their house.
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.
036
TYPE OF QUILT OBJECT: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.
Other
OTHER TYPE OF QUILT OBJECT: If you chose Other, please describe the object being documented here.
Tied Lap Robe
QUILT'S TITLE, IF IT HAS ONE: Many quilts have no title, but contemporary quilters often give a name to their quilts.
Trip Around the World
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.
Trip Around the World (Linda)
OVERALL WIDTH: Enter how wide the quilt is.
56 inches
OVERALL LENGTH: Enter how long the quilt is.
71 inches
SHAPE OF EDGE: Choose the best description for the edges of the quilt.
Other
OTHER SHAPE OF EDGE: If you chose Other, please describe the edge treatment here.
Top and bottom are straight; sides are fnished with sateen prairie points
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.
Beige or Tan; Blue or Navy; Brown; Gray; Green; Maroon; Rust
OVERALL COLOR SCHEME: Choose the best color scheme description for the quilt being documented.
Dark colors
OVERALL CONDITION: Choose the best description for the quilt being documented.
Good/moderate use
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.
1930-1949
DATE FINISHED: Enter the date the quilt was finished.
1938
FAMILY/OWNER'S DATE FOR QUILT: If there are family stories that indicate a date when the quilt was made, enter that date.
1938
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.
She made a similar quilt which carries an embroidered date: 1938.
LAYOUT FORMAT: Choose the best description for the layout (or set) of the quilt.
One patch or allover
ARRANGEMENT OF QUILT BLOCKS: BLOCK ORIENTATION: This field only applies to quilts with a block format. Choose the best description for how the quilt blocks appear in the quilt.
Straight
BLOCK STYLE: Some patterns use the same shape template throughout the quilt (i.e. Charm quilts, Grandmother Flower Garden, Brick wall, Lone Star). If this applies to your quilt, choose the best description.
Same block throughout
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.
Side borders of green sateen prairie points
FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT TOP: Choose all the types of fiber that are used to make the quilt top.
Wool; Other
OTHER FIBER, FABRIC, OR FABRIC PRINT TYPES USED: Describe any fibers used in the quilt top that do not appear in Field 37, including any unique characteristics of fiber, fabric, or fabric prints used. There is a separate Field (38g) for embellishments.
Corduroy
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN QUILT TOP: PIECING TECHNIQUES: Choose the piecing method used to make the quilt.
Hand Piecing
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN QUILT TOP: EMBELLISHMENT TECHNIQUES: Choose the embellishment technique used to make the quilt.
Other embellishment technique
UNIQUE OR OTHER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: Enter any unusual technique that hasn't been described in a previous field.
side borders embellished with prairie points
FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT BACK: Choose the fiber type used to make the quilt back.
Other
OTHER FABRIC FIBER TYPES USED IN QUILT BACK: If you chose Other, please describe the fiber used in the quilt back.
cotton sateen
COLOR OF BACKING: Enter all colors that are found in the quilt backing.
Green
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN BINDING: Choose the construction technique used to make the quilt binding.
Prairie Points
MATERIAL USED FOR QUILT BATTING OR FILLING: Choose the fiber content that best describes the material used to fill the quilt.
Blanket or flannel
QUILTING TECHNIQUES USED: Choose the technique that best describes the way the quilt layers are held together.
Tied or tufted
THREAD TYPE: Describe the fiber content or type of quilting thread used on the quilt.
yarn
THREAD COLOR: Enter the color(s) of thread used to hold the quilt layers together.
yellow and lime green
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.
This is owner Linda MacLachlan's description, written in 1992: "Rectangles of mauve, blue, beige, rust and red corduroy, green velveteen, black wool, black and white tweeds, red, green and black tartans and green and white upholstery fabric. Lined with white flannel and tied with lime and yellow yarn. Green cotton prairie points in the same fabric as the backing edge the two sides. The center corduroy rectangle is pieced so that the wales form striking concentric diamonds. This was made of fabrics supplied by my mother. I have fond memories of clothes and doll clothes made by my mother for me from the same fabrics."
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
QUILTMAKER'S REASONS FOR MAKING THE QUILT: If the quilt was made for a specific purpose, choose the reason from the list.
Other
PLEASE EXPLAIN OTHER OCCASION, IF APPLICABLE: If you chose Other, please explain the occasion.
Gasperik pieced these woolen quilts for daily use. Elsie contributed the scraps from winter clothes-making projects.
QUILT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE USED AS: Choose how the quilt was originally used.
Decorative throw
QUILT IS PRESENTLY USED AS: Choose how the quilt is being used by the present owner.
Keepsake/memento; Lap robe/shawl
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.
Sewing scraps
QUILT TOP PATTERN SOURCE: Choose where the quilt maker found the pattern for this quilt.
Traditional pattern variation
EXHIBITIONS: List all known exhibits where this quilt has been displayed.
Not exhibited inThe Quilts of Mary Gasperik, Ravenswood Historic Site, Livermore, CA, March 14-15, 1992.
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:
Chicago
COUNTY WHERE THE QUILTMAKER LIVES/LIVED:
Cook
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:
Chicago, IL 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:
Susan Salser
Cite this Quilt
Gasperik, Mar. Trip Around the World. 1938. From Mary Gasperik Legacy Project, Mary Gasperik Private Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-84. Accessed: 06/30/22
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Gallery
Gasperik 10: Practical Quilts
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
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1938
Trip Around the W... Gasperik, Mary