From Topeka, Indiana
"Ohio Star" (Ca. 1915)
Mattie Bontrager, Topeka, Indiana
(79"x 66")
Mattie made this striking quilt for her oldest daughter, Fannie,
born on October 28, 1896.
- Special thanks to the Indiana State Museum for permission to use these
quilt photos from the Pottinger Amish Collection.
- Photo scans and information about the particular quilts are taken from
Amish Style, by Kathleen McLary. Indiana University Press,
(1993): 66, 72, 93.
html editing by Lon Sherer, lonhs@goshen.edu