QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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 9053 P1

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

afcqltle le134

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:

Peaceable Planet

How wide is the quilt?

72 inches

How long is the quilt?

72 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

September, 1995

When was the quilt finished?

May, 1996

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

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: "Hands of all sizes and colors stitched together The Peaceable Planet Quilt at Jacksonville Beach Elementary School. Our goal was to learn about major artists and their works through an integrated project which combined art lessons with quilting and the celebration of non-violence in our school. The quilt was fashioned after Ewa Zadrzynska's The Peaceable Kingdom. In this book the animals from Edward Hick's painting come alive to see if peace has come to earth. Students recreated the painting by drawing original pictures in art classes where they had studied the work of a major artist. These pictures were transferred to muslin and painted using Batikit dye. The students chose to docking of the Russian space station Mir with the US space shuttle and observing of the Olympics to remind them of peace in today's world. The quilt was stretched on a frame in the library were 109 individuals from the school and community joined with 496 students to handstitch the quilt. These volunteers included police officers, electricians, teachers, parents, custodians, mayors, politicians, and artists. The stitchers were all invited to speak with students and to document their thoughts and sign in a guest book. Many stories were shared by the differing groups as they quilted together. One bus driver came in 30 minutes early each day to take out mistakes in stitching and an older woman quilted every Thursday and helped children understand the history in quilts. Stitching became a sharing and quiet time which did reflect a wonderful spirit of cooperation and non-violence. Our quilt was entered in the All American Quilt contest offerred by Good Housekeeping magazine where it took a special cash award." 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? "The pattern was designed by children after Edward Hicks' painting of The Peaceable Kingdom. The 496 children (K-5) and 109 community members quilted together over one week to support peace in our schools." The quilt commemorates "Victory Over Violence Week." "The students of our school (496 grades K-5) learned to quilt on this quilt. The quilt was on a frame in the school library for several months and kids quilted every day."

Quilt top made by:

Jacksonville Beach Elementary School/Lowey-Ball, Heidi B.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Jacksonville Beach

Where the quilt was made, state:

Florida (FL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry; Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

social/political motivation

The quilt was made to be used for:

Artwork/wall hanging

Contests entered:

This quilt was part of the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest. 1996 Kids Quilt

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(le134))

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