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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6600

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

13.0245

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2013:83.37

Essay:

"Garden Visitor depicts a praying mantis that came to my yard one summer. It rains nearly every day in New Mexico during the summer, and the rich, brown, clay earth is actually visible on the praying mantis's front feet! First I manipulated the photograph in Photoshop to give it a more painterly quality, then printed it on high-quality cotton sateen fabric. After piecing it (a derivation of a traditional block), I quilted it in a grid pattern on an angle. Then I took a lime-green oil paintstick and painted over the entire piece, except the inner rectangle that contained the praying mantis and the adjacent pieces. Paintstick has a sheer, translucent quality that allows the fabric to show through. I chose to create this as a quilt because I enjoy the contradiction of using soft cloth to depict and celebrate hard stones and an insect with an exoskeleton."

Quilt's title:

Garden Visitor

When was the form filled out?

6/27/2014

Quilt top made by:

Filatoff, Julie R.

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

SAQA

Where the quilt was made, city:

Santa Fe

Where the quilt was made, state:

New Mexico (NM)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2011

Why was the quilt made?

Art or personal expression; Challenge or Contest entry

Details about why the quilt was made:

2011-2012, Exhibit Dates, SAQA Trunk Show

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

12"

How long is the quilt?

12"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Gold; Green; Rust

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

JRF

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

2011

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe where the inscription was found:

Front

Describe the quilt's layout:

Nontraditional or art

Number of quilt blocks:

1

Size of quilt blocks:

9 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Describe the borders:

The block is adhered to a beveled cardboard mat creating a 2" wide, white border.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Sateen

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Batiks

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Oil paintsticks

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Photograph edited in photo-editing software then printed with an ink jet printer.

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Photography/ photo transfer

Embellishments used:

Cotton thread

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Unfinished/raw edge

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

2011-2012 SAQA Trunk Show; This is a Quilt!

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Scanned by Beth Donaldson

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Filatoff, Julie R. Garden Visitor. 2011. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6600. Accessed: 03/28/24