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Photo, Print, Drawing 1996 Iowa State Winner

About this Item

Title

  • 1996 Iowa State Winner

Names

  • Jordan, Ethel Taylor (Creator)

Created / Published

  • Grand Junction, Green County and Corydon, Wayne Co, 1991 - 1994

Headings

  • -  Quilting
  • -  quilt tops
  • -  aesthetics
  • -  hand quilting
  • -  machine quilting
  • -  artistic hobbies
  • -  cotton fabrics
  • -  quilt templates
  • -  Photographs
  • -  United States -- Iowa -- Green County -- Grand Junction
  • -  United States -- Iowa -- Wayne County -- Corydon

Genre

  • Photographs

Notes

  • -  The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker:
  • -  Quilt size: 88" x 72"
  • -  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."
  • -  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."
  • -  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."
  • -  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."
  • -  For rights information please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

Medium

  • Color transparency

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1997/011: Folder 9077 P1

Source Collection

  • Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection (AFC 1997/011)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

  • image

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection, 1977-1981 (AFC 1982/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Lands' End all-American quilt collection, 1992-1997 (AFC 1997/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Jordan, Ethel Taylor. Iowa State Winner. Wayne County Iowa Green County Grand Junction Corydon United States, 1996. Grand Junction, Green County and Corydon, Wayne Co, - 1994. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000539/.

APA citation style:

Jordan, E. T. (1996) Iowa State Winner. Wayne County Iowa Green County Grand Junction Corydon United States, 1996. Grand Junction, Green County and Corydon, Wayne Co, - 1994. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000539/.

MLA citation style:

Jordan, Ethel Taylor. Iowa State Winner. Grand Junction, Green County and Corydon, Wayne Co, - 1994. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/qlt000539/>.