QUILT INDEX RECORD

29-24-3062

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Who documented this quilt?

Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)

Enter the number given the quilt by the state or county project where the quilt was documented.

2720

Enter the date the state or county documentation form was filled out (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965).

9/11/87 Nebraska City

This is the name of the quilt pattern that it is commonly used among quilt makers and historians. It may be different in different regions of the country. Often times it will be different from the name used by the owner.

Unequal Nine Patch; Signature;A Plain Block; Sheepfold Quilt; Nine Patch

If you have used Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Patterns or Applique to identify the pattern, enter the number assigned by Brackman here.

Brackman 2020

Enter, in inches, how long the quilt is.

89 inches

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. If you have no idea, leave the

1950-1975

Enter the date the quilt was started (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965). Leave blank if you don’t know.

1935

Enter the date the quilt was finished (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965). Leave blank if you don’t know.

1980

If the date was estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser, enter that date (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965).

1935

Enter the name and/or title of the person who estimated the quilt’s date for field 23d.

Date estimated by NQP committee member, corrected later if deemed appropriate by UNL graduate student researcher in consultation with Patricia Crews.

If you know anything else about the date the quilt was made, please tell the story.

Date estimated.

Choose all the types of fiber that are used to make the quilt top. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Wool

Choose the technique that best describes the way the quilt layers are held together. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Hand quilting

Count only the stitches that are visible on the top and measure in one place on the quilt. Enter the measurement.

6.0 stitches per inch

Enter the name of the person(s) who made the quilt top. Names must be listed last name first, followed by first name and middle name or initials; last name should be followed by a comma and space.

Davidson, Ruth M. Owens

Enter the name of the country where the quilt was made. Skip the question if you don’t know where the quilt was made.

USA

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

Quilt maker also quilted it.; Quilt pieced by one person

Choose how the quilt maker acquired the fabric for this quilt. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Purchased new

Enter the birth date of the quilt maker (as mm-dd-yyyy or c.yyyy, e.g. c.1965).

1902

Enter the ethnic background or tribal affiliation of the quilt maker.

English; Irish

Enter the last level of education completed by the quilt maker.

Grade School

Enter the religious affiliation of the quilt maker.

Methodist

Enter the occupation of the quilt maker (if retired, former occupation).

Housewife

Choose the age when the quilt maker learned to quilt. Use ctrl + click to choose more than one.

Under 10 years of age

Enter where the group meets. Include the name of the building, city, county, and state.

Quilted with Church or Ladies Aid Society

Enter the name of the person or institution that owns the copyright to the image.

Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use