QUILT INDEX RECORD

14-10-146

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 9026 P1

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

afcqltle le089

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:

Variable Star/ Flying Circles

How wide is the quilt?

88 inches

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

May, 1993

When was the quilt finished?

October, 1993

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

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?

Cotton

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

The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker: If your quilt is based on a traditional pattern or an earlier quilt, what is the name of the pattern? Where did you learn the pattern? "I used the basic pattern pieces from a traditional Drunkard's Path and re-configured. I referred to a book on historical American Quilts." How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "I spend many months searching for specific fabrics for a quilt. I knew I wanted 1930's geometrics. There are about 50 different fabrics in this quilt that I found in NY, NJ, and PA. There are a few vintage fabrics in it. Finding fabrics is as much of a quest as making the quilt." "Quilting, for me, is more than a pleasurable hobby -- it's more like an historical compulsion. Having never been taught, it was as if I always knew how." How long have you been making quilts? "I've made about 30 full-size quilt in the past 20 years." How did you learn to quilt? "Self-taught."

Quilt top made by:

Strasberg, Lois

Where the quilt was made, city:

Brooklyn

Where the quilt was made, state:

New York (NY)

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. 1994 New York 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(le089))

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