QUILT INDEX RECORD
14-10-210
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 9085 P1
Alternate inventory number for this quilt. This might be a museum accession number.
afcqltle le148
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:
Watercolor Silence
How wide is the quilt?
84 inches
How long is the quilt?
96 inches
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
September, 1994
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: Where did you learn the pattern? "This design was a new idea in watercolor quilt. I wanted to use fabric to paint a picture a square at a time, much like 'pointalism.' It works, but the amount of one and a half inch square fabrics are more than 250 more like 500 different colors. You do get to love a few 50 color and use in difficult spots." How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "Colors, texture, movement." "The challenge: to make a picture like an impressionist painting. The goal was clear… paint a scene of a fall day on our lake. I needed to start about four times to get the use of fabric as paint correct. Looking at the fabric with a camera lense helped me to get far enough away to see it correctly." How long have you been making quilts? "30 years." How did you learn to quilt? "A group of retired ladies in my church. I learned by doing the most difficult quilt piece work I could find in the library." What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? "To show I could create a new quilt idea and win. Getting into the Library of Congress was the added benefit I'm very proud of." 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? "No…but others are happy to receive a quilt from me. No…but you can't be anything but proud that the Library of Congress has your quilt on file. Thank you!"
Quilt top made by:
Haglund, Joan R.
Where the quilt was made, city:
Minnetonka
Where the quilt was made, county:
Hennepin County
Where the quilt was made, state:
Minnesota (MN)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Why was the quilt made?
Challenge or Contest entry; Art or personal expression; Gift or presentation
The quilt was made to be used for:
Bedding, daily use; Artwork/wall hanging
Contests entered:
This quilt was part of the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest. 1996 Minnesota 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(le148))
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
Cite this Quilt
Haglund, Joan R. Watercolor Silence. September, 1994. From American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=14-10-210. Accessed: 03/29/24