QUILT INDEX RECORD

14-10-77

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Who documented this quilt?

Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Documentation Number:

AFC 1997/011: Folder 8938 P1

Alternate inventory number for this quilt. This might be a museum accession number.

afcqltle le024

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Quiltmaker submitted information with quilt.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Country Lanes

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Country Lanes

How wide is the quilt?

94 inches

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1990

When was the quilt finished?

1991

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton or polyester blend; Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker: Where did you learn the pattern? "I ordered the pattern from the Mountain Mist Catalog." How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "In 1990 my husband spent half the year in hospitals many miles from home. During the time I stayed in waiting rooms (to be near). I cut pieces and sewed blocks for the quilt top. A person my 83 year old friend had cut quilt pieces for gave her a piece of an unusual shade of green. I saw it and liked it and traded her darker green material for it. I took that green, off-white and green printed material (left over from another project) with me to hospital and cut pieces and sewed into blocks for this quilt top. At first I did not like the colors together. My daughter said, 'Mom are you sure these colors go together?' I said, 'That's all I have.' Finally I learned to like the looks of the quilt top." How long have you been making quilts? How did you learn to quilt? "The first quilt I pieced was when I was 25. I think my mother quilted it for me because I can't remember quilting it. In 1976 (when I was 47) I made a baby quilt for our first granddaughter. 19892, I made baby quilt for second granddaughter. At age 53, after 27 years of teaching in elementary schools, I quit. That's when I really started quilting and I haven't stopped since." What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? Do you frequently enter your quilts in competition? "I entered the Lands' End contest because I thought it interesting. I had won one second place cash prize and two first place cash prizes in small contests and just wanted to seen what might come of my entering the contest. I haven't entered a contest in a long time." Has being a winner in the Land's End contest made a difference in your life? Has it changed the way you look at your work as a quilt maker? "It has made me proud of my work, has given me more confidence in what I am able to do with quilting. Since then I have made 7 quilts for other people besides what I've made for family members. Now I am making an Apple Blossom and a whole cloth Medallion Star for a person here."

Quilt top made by:

Hearst, Levena

Where the quilt was made, city:

Greers Ferry

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry; Personal enjoyment

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Contests entered:

This quilt was part of the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest. 1992 Arkansas State Winner

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/qlt:@FIELD(DOCID+@LIT(le024))

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

This quilt is part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress "Quilts and Quiltmaking in American: 1978-1996 exhibit. It was winner in the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Email: folklife@loc.gov