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The Quilts of Mary Gasperik

March 14, 1992

Mary Gasperik Legacy Project

Livermore, California, United States

An exhibit catalog for a display of quilts made by Mary Gasperik at Ravenswood Historic Site, Livermore, California. March 14-15, 1992.

Legacy
Gasperik Legacy Project, Mary

Gasperik Legacy Project, Mary

Chicago; Illinois; United States

The Mary Gasperik Quilts consist of 80+ quilts made in Chicago at the height of the quilt revival of the 1930s and 40s. Nearly all quilts are still owned by her descendants who generously supported this online project spearheaded by grand-daughter Susan Salser.

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Quiltmaker
Gasperik, Mary
Mary Gasperik Legacy Project

Gasperik, Mary

Mary Gasperik Legacy Project

Chicago; Illinois; United States

Mary Gasperik made more than 80 quilts while living in Chicago at the height of the quilt revival of the 1930s and 40s.

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Exhibit
The Quilts of Mary Gasperik

Salser, Susan

The Quilts of Mary Gasperik

Salser, Susan

1992

In 1992, three of Mary Gasperik's granchildren, worked with other family members to present the quilts of their grandmother.

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exhibits
Ephemera
One-woman quilt exhibition

Valley Times

One-woman quilt exhibition

Valley Times

March; 6; 1992

An item advertising the Quilts of Mary Gasperik Exhibit, March 14-15, 1992 at Ravenswood.

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publications
1938-1940
Hungarian Harvest...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1940

Hungarian Harvest Festival

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, The girls costumes are intricately embroidered.

Quilt Size: 79 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This was not a quilt made for or presented to a specific individual., For the central figures, Peasant Costume in Europe, Book 1, (1937) illustrated by Kathleen Mann may be the design source. Gasperik's daughter Elsie, who encouraged her to develop her own design ideas, gave he...

KID: 18-14-25

18-14-25
1941
Hosannah
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1941

Hosannah

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-87

18-14-87
1938-1945
Indiana Wreath
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 99 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

McCall probably obtained its pattern #524 Indiana Wreath from a quilt businesswoman named Cecilia Knapp of Monroe Michigan. The Winter 1937-38 issue of McCall's Needlework Magazine on pages 26-27 in an article titled "Cott...

KID: 18-14-36

18-14-36
1938-1945
Indiana Wreath
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Judging by the pp 26-27 presentation of the McCall <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=publications&kid=18-121-111" target="_blank">Indiana Wreath</a> No. 524 pattern in the Winter 1937-38 issue of McCall's Needlework</e...

KID: 18-14-37

18-14-37
1940s
Indiana Wreath
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940s

Indiana Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, extra layer of batting pads the applique grapes

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The interesting thing about the four Indiana Wreath quilts is that they show more experimentation with quilting design than experimentation with applique pattern. It is the selection of fabrics, and the quiltING patterns which distinguish these four quilts which look, at first...

KID: 18-14-97

18-14-97
1950
Dutch Girl
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1950

Dutch Girl

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 82 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Following the <a href="https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=exhibits&kid=18-121-109" target="_blank">Gasperik quilt show</a>, in California in 1992, at which time Mary Gasperik's grandchildren reconnected, the quilt was given by Elmer and Doris Gasperik's heirs to t...

KID: 18-14-60

18-14-60
1935
Double Feather St...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935

Double Feather Star

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 97 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This quilt is treasured by Susan because her mother helped Gasperik make the pattern, and because her mother treasured and displayed the quilt on her own bed for so many years. The quilt was a much appreciated direct gift from Gasperik to her daughter, Elsie. To Salser, this represents a significa...

KID: 18-14-27

18-14-27
1937 circa
Double Feather St...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1937 circa

Double Feather Star

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 100 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Other, The one print fabric used is white stars of varying sizes on maroon background

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Mary's daughter Elsie Krueger helped her mother make the pattern for this quilt based on a photograph of a portion of an antique quilt presented by Marie D. Webster in Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them. The photograph follows text page 66 in the book and its caption rea...

KID: 18-14-107

18-14-107
1935-1950
Indian Feather St...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1950

Indian Feather Star

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 96 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-28

18-14-28
1939
Road to Recovery
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1939

Road to Recovery

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Elsie Gasperik kept and maintained the quilts her mother left behind in the East Hazelcrest house after Mary Gasperik died, in May 1969. In about 1980 she and her siblings divided up 19 quilts. This quilt was among that group and Elsie selected it. Gasperik tended to keep those quilts which she and ...

KID: 18-14-98

18-14-98
1956
Bridal Bouquet
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1956

Bridal Bouquet

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Checked, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This quilt made for a 1956 wedding is a highly transformed 1930s Detroit News pattern. The arrangement of the applique bouquets and the quilting are different from the News pattern. The pattern was announced January 3, 1937 on page 13 of The Detroit News</e...

KID: 18-14-45

18-14-45
1944
Bridal Bouquet
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1944

Bridal Bouquet

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 96 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Unusual for a Gasperik quilt, this one lacks even one border, but its broad expanse of of white ground filled with large feather motifs, edged with a narrow pale green binding, creates an equivalent frame for the medallion bouquet. The style of this wedding bouquet, wit...

KID: 18-14-46

18-14-46
1935-1945
Pansies
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1945

Pansies

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 86 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Probably a kit which has yet to be found. Bucilla 2935 "Basket of Poppies" has a similar center basket surrounded by a ribbon inner border. The Farm kit from Paragon (see Gasperik quilts <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-62&quo...

KID: 18-14-31

18-14-31
1934
Star Arcturus-Cen...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1934

Star Arcturus-Century of Progress

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

A clipping of the original October 22, 1933 Nancy Cabot newspaper column which presented the Century of Progress rocket-star pattern is pasted into Mary Gasperik's album of quilt patterns. This Nancy Cabot pattern was published in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, Part 6, page 2. It...

KID: 18-14-4

18-14-4
1935-1940
Colonial Quilting...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1940

Colonial Quilting Bee

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Embroidery

Quilt Size: 79 inches x 92 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

An unusually large array of different print fabrics are found on this quilt, making it an ideal choice to compare with fabrics found in other Gasperik quilts, particularly the Tree of Life quilts (#031, #044 and #065) and Hungarian Girls (#014).

KID: 18-14-5

18-14-5
1934
Peach Posy
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1934

Peach Posy

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 96 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

McElwain's kit probably did not prescribe the quilting design. The catalog describes Modern Rose as: "Ready Stamped Quilt Top--The box contains background material, applique material, and final binding." The price, in McElwain's 1936 catalog is $11.50 for the stamped...

KID: 18-14-11

18-14-11
1939-1943
Dress - Dutch Boy...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1939-1943

Dress - Dutch Boy and Girl Appliqué Dress

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-9

18-14-9
1944
Leaf and Vine
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1944

Leaf and Vine

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 89 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This quilt was made for and given to Gasperik's son and daughter-in-law (Elmer and Doris Gasperik) as a wedding anniversary present., The calla lily is a favorite Gasperik pattern. It is the <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=publications&kid=18-121-21" target="_blank...

KID: 18-14-40

18-14-40
1944
Leaf and Vine
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1944

Leaf and Vine

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 84 inches x 93 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, applique pink bow is not cotton

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The quilt is personalized, as are its mates - Gasperik quilts <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-40" target="_blank">#013</a> and <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-42" target="_blank"...

KID: 18-14-43

18-14-43
1940s
Leaf and Vine
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940s

Leaf and Vine

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 88 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Elaborate quilted feathers extend outward from the crossed laurel boughs. At the center of the boughs is a feathered circle. At the bottom, the arched quilted feathers touch, forming a crown.

KID: 18-14-42

18-14-42
1938
Tree of Life
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 89 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

According to family stories it was Elsie who persuaded her mother to quilt some of the birds, rather than execute all of them in colorful applique. Elsie had a rather austere quilt aesthetic. Her mother, on the other hand, was probably well aware of the richly colorful (and crowded) Tree...

KID: 18-14-49

18-14-49
1935-1945
Tree of Life
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1945

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-50

18-14-50
1942
Tree of Life
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1942

Tree of Life

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 81 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik not only added more applique pattern elements to the McCall suggestions, she also made her designs more complicated by subdividing suggested pattern elements. This subdividing allowed her to greatly expand her palette of fabrics, especially noticeable on the two birds. The purple print wi...

KID: 18-14-51

18-14-51
1940-1946
Daisies Won't Tel...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940-1946

Daisies Won't Tell

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Broadcloth, Other, Solid/plain, Non-cotton fabric used for the two appliqued hearts and six cornucopias.

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Salser has identified two possible sources of Gasperik's quilted fern-leaf pattern. One is found in a booklet distributed by Sears Roebuck and Co. in 1933, which was called <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=publications&kid=33-133-57" target="_blank"><em&g...

KID: 18-14-74

18-14-74
1954
Indians #5
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1954

Indians #5

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 63 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik made framed applique/embroidered Indian blocks for the same six grandchildren who received the quilts. The block which accompanied this quilt is <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-94" target="_blank">#094</a>.

KID: 18-14-70

18-14-70
1943-1944
Indians #2
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1943-1944

Indians #2

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 54 inches x 68 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik made this quilt for granddaughter Linda Krueger. Linda was allowed to select which Indian she wanted to be for her individual framed appliqué (see <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-89" target="_blank">#089</a>). She chose t...

KID: 18-14-67

18-14-67
1954
Indians #4
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1954

Indians #4

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 79 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik made framed applique/embroidered Indian Blocks for the same six grandchildren who received the quilts. The block which accompanied this quilt is <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-93" target="_blank">#093</a&g...

KID: 18-14-69

18-14-69
1943-1944
Indians #1
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1943-1944

Indians #1

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 52 inches x 66 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik made framed applique/embroidered Indian blocks for the same six grandchildren who received the quilts. The framed applique which went with this quilt is <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-91" target="_blank">#091</a>, dated 194...

KID: 18-14-66

18-14-66
1959
Cactus Basket
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1959

Cactus Basket

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Sashing is appliqued, not pieced. Flower pots are appliqued onto whole cloth. These are virtual, not 'real', blocks. Although this quilt resembles the look of McElwain's Cactus Flower design, in fact the diamond pattern units cannot match. When 4 McElwain diamonds are joined, they form a flat-bottomed unit; when 4 Gasperik diamonds are joined they create a convex opening into which the fifth (green) diamond is fitted sideways. This is unusual 'cactus flower' piecing.

Quilt Size: 45 inches x 53 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-52

18-14-52
1930s
Snowflakes
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1930s

Snowflakes

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Surprisingly, lines of background quilting run UNDER the quilt’s appliquéd snowflakes and stars. Gasperik appears to have appliqued on top of an already-completely-quilted white wholecloth quilt. The colors of her stars (which may have been additions to a kit featuring snowflakes alone) are reminiscent of the bright color choices associated with Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair and its Star Arcturus theme.

Quilt Size: 83 inches x 96 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Other synthetic, Other, Solid/plain, The peach-colored stars are cut from an acetate-like fabric, not cotton.

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-71

18-14-71
1942 or earlier
Calico Rose
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1942 or earlier

Calico Rose

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, This quilt looks like it is composed of individual blocks sewn together, but it is not. In construction terms, it is really a strip quilt bearing applique.

Quilt Size: 87 inches x 97 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Salser recorded the following notes when she examined an original Paragon 01082 Calico Rose kit in June 2017, comparing the kit with Gasperik's quilt, as well as a completed Calico Rose quilt made by an unknown quilter in New York: The set of solid color fab...

KID: 18-14-86

18-14-86
1940s
Victory Garden
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940s

Victory Garden

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 84 inches x 98 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

It may be that Gasperik pieced this quilt some years before she completed it as a wartime quilt. The flower garden pattern was very popular with <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=essays&kid=18-121-4" target="_blank">The Detroit News</a...

KID: 18-14-44

18-14-44
1950s
Delectable Mounta...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1950s

Delectable Mountains

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, It appears that on 3 different quilts Gasperik used a yellow-green or lime green backing: #011 (an undated Indiana Wreath), #021 (this Delectable Mountains, which is dated 1953) and #030 (Indian Feather Star, an undated quilt). If these quilts are ever reunited, they should be compared, to see if that fabric matches and can help date the two undated quilts. In this connection, it should be noted that the four applique birds in the center medallion of this quilt use the same pattern (as yet unidentified) as the trios of bluebirds hovering on the Gasperik's four Indiana Wreath quilts (#011, #063, #032, #043).

Quilt Size: 85 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Other quilting designs come from WLM Clark <a href="https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=publications&kid=33-133-60" target="_blank">Grandmother's Perforated Quilting Patterns</a> Booklet #32 and/or Needleart Guild's "Original Master Quiltin...

KID: 18-14-26

18-14-26
1941
Farm Design
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1941

Farm Design

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique

Quilt Size: 50 inches x 68 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain, cotton felt-like beard on farmer

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik appears to have largely followed the original kit design. But she added her own unique touches. These include the grand-daughter's name in applique letters (from her Wonder Package box of transfer patterns) and the boy on the horse (borrowed from a different Paragon kit...

KID: 18-14-63

18-14-63
1941
Farm Design
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1941

Farm Design

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique

Quilt Size: 50 inches x 70 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Print, Solid/plain, cotton felt-like beard on farmer

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik appears to have largely followed the original kit design. But she added her own unique touches. These include the grand-daughter's name in applique letters (from her Wonder Package box of transfer patterns) and the boy on the horse. Susan Salser originally thought tha...

KID: 18-14-62

18-14-62
1935-1945
Morning Glory
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1945

Morning Glory

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 102 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

<a href="https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=publications&kid=18-121-114" target="_blank">Bucilla Applique Bedspread</a> "Morning Glory" Design No. 2005 kit at first glance appears too have been Gasperik's pattern source; but upon clos...

KID: 18-14-33

18-14-33
1938-1945
Morning Glory
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938-1945

Morning Glory

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 66 inches x 99 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Bucilla Applique Bedspread "Morning Glory" Design No. 2005 kit was used to design the four Gasperik Morning Glory quilts, but Marie Webster's child's quilt design "Morning Glory" in pink was likely used as the inspiration for making adjustments and changes to the Bucilla design. ...

KID: 18-14-35

18-14-35
1933
Double Trellis
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1933

Double Trellis

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Oddly, piecing was not used as a construction technique to make this quilt. Even though the red and green triangles, arranged on strips LOOK like piecing, they are in fact appliqued.

Quilt Size: 72 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

When Elsie Krueger gave this quilt to Susan she explained that her mother had in fact not wanted it kept. At that point, during Gasperik's final illness, Elsie was distributing some of her mother's best quilts, so it is not surprising that Gasperik did not wish this one to be considered a gift. It...

KID: 18-14-19

18-14-19
1934-1936
Blue Pinwheel
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1934-1936

Blue Pinwheel

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 inches x 98 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-22

18-14-22
1959
Baby Blocks
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1959

Baby Blocks

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 47 inches x 65 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

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.

KID: 18-14-55

18-14-55
1940-1945
Playtime
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940-1945

Playtime

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 48 inches x 63 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Comparing Gasperik's version to the kit envelope illustration, Gasperik reversed the design. The duck moved from the left to the right; the tea pot also moved from left to right. However the printed ground fabric INSIDE the kit places the duck and teapot etc. in the same positions as the Gasperik...

KID: 18-14-58

18-14-58
1936
Four Little Pigs
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1936

Four Little Pigs

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 38 inches x 42 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The source of the dressed pigs is uncertain. Ruby McKim and Aunt Martha had popular patterns for Three Little Pigs quilts. A typed tag once sewn on the Gasperik quilt (for the <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=essays&kid=18-121-4" target="_blank&q...

KID: 18-14-53

18-14-53
1957
What Are Little B...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1957

What Are Little Boys Made Of?

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: East Hazelcrest, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Other embellishment technique, The boys' garments include 'real' pockets and buttons.

Quilt Size: 48 inches x 72 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, Striped

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-57

18-14-57
1940
What Are Little G...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1940

What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 22 inches x 24 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Dotted, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-54

18-14-54
1949-before
Wholecloth Baby Q...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1949-before

Wholecloth Baby Quilt

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilt Size: 44 inches x 59 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Rayon, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The large quilted wreath forming the centerpiece of this quilt is from a pattern Gasperik also used as the centerpiece of her morning glory quilts (see <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=fullrec&kid=18-14-34" target="_blank">#009</a>, <a href="htt...

KID: 18-14-81

18-14-81
1937
Wholecloth Baby Q...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1937

Wholecloth Baby Quilt

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Rayon, Other synthetic, Satin

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-8

18-14-8
1938
Trip Around the W...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938

Trip Around the World

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Other embellishment technique, side borders embellished with prairie points

Quilt Size: 56 inches x 71 inches

Quilting Techniques: Tied or tufted

Fabrics: Wool, Other, Corduroy

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-84

18-14-84
1935-1945
Nursery Rhymes
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935-1945

Nursery Rhymes

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Border with triangular cutouts on inside edge and scallops on the outside edge.

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik did not applique one of the blocks in the center. She left an open space into which she quilted an oval feathered wreath which was probably not part of the original kit. The block which she omitted is one of the kit's seven repetitions of the pink/yellow/blue triple flower block. <br ...

KID: 18-14-59

18-14-59
1933-1934
Tulip Basket
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1933-1934

Tulip Basket

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 60 inches x 92.5 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

This quilt was likely made at the <a href="https://quiltindex.org//view/?type=essays&kid=18-121-3" target="_blank">Tuley Park</a> Quilt Club using the Alice Beyer <a href="https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=publications&kid=18-121-118" target="...

KID: 18-14-24

18-14-24
1938
Roses and Forget ...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1938

Roses and Forget Me Nots

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 74 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

KID: 18-14-29

18-14-29
1935
Laurel Wreath
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1935

Laurel Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 101 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

The quilt owner believes a second Gasperik "Laurel Wreath" quilt existed, but has disappeared. , The Nancy Page series called for 25 different flower and bird block appliques. Gasperik used only eight flowers and four birds from the Nancy Page series. She substituted flower designs from N...

KID: 18-14-6

18-14-6
1937-1949
Meadow Lark and P...
Gasperik, Mary

Date Made: 1937-1949

Meadow Lark and Peasant Wreath

Creator: Gasperik, Mary

Location Made: Chicago, Illinois (IL) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 88 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik changed the original kit by making the straight edges scalloped. She added appliqued meadowlarks between the wreath blocks. The source of this bird design is not known, but it closely resembles the Aunt Martha pattern #626 transfer design for making a meadowlark (see Wyoming state bird in ...

KID: 18-14-30

18-14-30