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Photo, Print, Drawing 1996 Kids Quilt

About this Item

Title

  • 1996 Kids Quilt

Names

  • Alpine Elementary School (Columbus, Ohio) 3rd and 4th grade students; Van Horn, Susannah, student te (Creator)

Created / Published

  • Columbus, Ohio, January, 1995 - March, 1995

Headings

  • -  Quilting
  • -  recycled fabrics
  • -  quilt tops
  • -  aesthetics
  • -  batting (textiles)
  • -  hand quilting
  • -  machine quilting
  • -  quilting bees
  • -  quilting groups
  • -  commemorative quilts
  • -  synthetic fabrics
  • -  art quilts
  • -  cotton fabrics
  • -  quilt art
  • -  friendship quilts
  • -  Photographs
  • -  United States -- Ohio -- Columbus

Genre

  • Photographs

Notes

  • -  The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker:
  • -  Quilt size: 60" 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? "Students of Alpine Elementary drew a picture of themselves and a friend in an activity and then quilted their blocks (12 x 12). Blocks sewn together for wall hanging at their school."
  • -  "This was an art activity I had the students complete while I was student teaching. Each student selected the picture they wanted to draw."
  • -  How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "White cotton 12 inch squares were used so each student could have their own block to design."
  • -  Quiltmaker's motivation: "Black History Project -- Border of quilt plaid because of influence of Harriet Powers."
  • -  Quilt was about "Students relating their feelings about their friends and the activities they enjoy together." It was the "1st one for these students."
  • -  What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? "I was proud of my student's work."
  • -  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 9055 P1

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

  • image

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit line

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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

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Alpine Elementary School. Kids Quilt. United States Ohio Columbus, 1996. Columbus, Ohio, January, - March. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000552/.

APA citation style:

Alpine Elementary School. (1996) Kids Quilt. United States Ohio Columbus, 1996. Columbus, Ohio, January, - March. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000552/.

MLA citation style:

Alpine Elementary School. Kids Quilt. Columbus, Ohio, January, - March. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/qlt000552/>.