86.84.3 a

Quilt

1930 Approximate

Signature Quilt. Material: textile. Size: 80" W. x 88 1/2" L. Description: multi-colored fabric blocks - blue and white print backing - embroidered cursive names of quilters placed diagonally across squares - 324 names make up this "Signature Quilt": Amelia Nelson, Wilma Mittelsteadt, Maxine Lewer, Anna Bauman, Mrs. Aug. Schulz, Mrs. Fred Bettner, Mrs. J. Dierks, Mrs. Hugo Guse, Mrs. I. Hornby, Mrs. Ray McCleary, Mrs. Herb Johnson, Ruth Roesler, Mrs. Walter Yess, Mrs. Arnold Kroeger, Mrs. A.A. Kampen, Mrs. Gerhard Schulz, Mrs. Geo. Scholljegerdes, Beryl Anderson, Lucille Connolley, Mrs. H. Ernest, Mrs. Bernard Sotebeer, Mrs. Clem Bauman, Mrs. C.J. Gehring, Mrs. Aug. Grunwald, Mrs. Ray Reynolds, Elizabeth Stolz, Mrs. Roy Sutherland, Virginia Scholljegerdes, Marie Schuldt, Mrs. E. Ragen, Florence Scholljegerdes, Mrs. Wm. Weckwerth, Mrs. Henry Minske, Mrs. J.G. Gutfleisch, Mrs. W.E. Suddendorf, *cont'd. below ---

Pattern is "friendship." Names continued - Mrs. Chas. Isaak, Ruby Wernette, H. Twisselman, Mrs. Carrie Dobberstein, Mrs. M.A. Johnson, Mrs. T.L. Keane, Mrs. M. Rick, Mrs. E.W. Lewer, Mrs. Fred Bartels, Mrs. G. Schwanke, Miss M. Bilber, Mrs. E.S. Wobshall, Mrs. Mary Lechner, E. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Tom Barden, Mrs. M. Kram, Harold Suemnick, Dewey Domy, Mrs. Philo Clayton, Miss S. Johanson, Helen Wood, Minnie Buker, Mrs. Gust. Sommers, Mrs. G.W. Engel, Mrs. W.C. Manthy, Mrs. Paul Krause, A.C.P., Mrs. A.J. Fairley, continued on next record.