QUILT INDEX RECORD

14-10-187

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 9077 P1

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

afcqltle le126

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:

My Garden Album

How wide is the quilt?

72 inches

How long is the quilt?

88 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1991

When was the quilt finished?

1994

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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? "Blocks were developed after a class with Elly Sienkiewica on Baltimore Album Quilts. I included two of her patterns. Other blocks developed from flowers in my flower beds, favorite greeting cards (adapted), the Iowa State flower; one block has my 25th wedding anniversary glass basket in it. One of my best ideas was to put a picket fence around for the border - with a gate, of course." "Needle turned around freezer paper on top." How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "Material used was chosen for the colors in the print. I had not planned to make a large quilt so background was purchased at three different times - three different shades of cream." How long have you been making quilts? How did you learn to quilt? "I started working on a quilt for myself at age 15 but didn't do much until my children were grown. As a preschooler I would sit under mother's frame and watch her hands. By the time I was 6/7 I was making doll clothes - losing her needles - using up thread. My first doll bed had a quilt and pillow batting made from the cotton seeds on cottonwood trees in the milk cow pasture." What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? Do you frequently enter your quilts in competition? "I wanted to share a quilt I had so thoroughly enjoyed creating. It had been a viewer choice at Greater Des Moines Quilters Show." 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? "Being a Lands' End winner helped influence the State Quilters to ask me to quilt the State's Sesqicentennial Quilt - and to share and learn from many quilters. I'm thrilled to have that experience lead to this one."

Quilt top made by:

Jordan, Ethel Taylor

Where the quilt was made, city:

Grand Junction and Corydon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Green County and Wayne County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Iowa (IA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry; Personal enjoyment

Contests entered:

This quilt was part of the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest. 1996 Iowa 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(le126))

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