Top of page

Audio Recording "This is a Little Dutch Girl."

"This is a Little Dutch Girl."

About this Item

Title

  • "This is a Little Dutch Girl."

Names

  • Johnson, Geraldine Niva, 1940- (Interviewer)
  • Patton, Ila, 1905-2001 (Interviewee)
  • Patton, Ila, 1905-2001 (Creator)

Created / Published

  • Galax, Virginia

Headings

  • -  Quilting
  • -  Quilt patterns
  • -  Dyeing
  • -  quilt lining
  • -  applique quilts
  • -  Dutch girl quilts
  • -  feed sack quilts
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  United States -- Virginia -- Galax

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Geraldine Johnson described Ila Patton's quilts as "not fancy, but very interesting and well made." They include utility crazy and strip quilts, as well as a recent Cathedral Window, which is a novelty construction popular in the 1970s. The variety of Mrs. Patton's quilts, her recollections of learning to quilt from her grandmother, and her primary interest in making quilts for family rather than to sell are some of the key elements brought out in this "very useful and informative" interview.
  • -  Transcription: GJ: Now this one is quilted by the piece. It's a Little Dutch Girl. / IP: Yes. This is a Little Dutch Girl. / GJ: And that's appliqued onto what feels like almost like cotton. / IP: Yes, it is, it's cotton. / GJ: And then this one you turned under. / IP: Yeah, put, turned the top down and hemmed it on the lining. / GJ: When did you make that, the Little Dutch Girl? / IP: Well, now that's been made, oh, six or eight years ago, winters ago. / GJ: Is that right? / IP: I guess it's been that long. / GJ: What about the one that's quilted in the fans, when did you make that one? / IP: That one's older. It's been made a heap longer. This one is a pretty new one, but it's been a right smart bit since it. Now I believe this is just set up with sacks that's been dyed. / GJ: Is that right? / IP: I think it is. / GJ: This is sacks? / IP: I believe right here, it is. It's been dyed yellow, colored yellow, yeah. / GJ: What kind of sacks? / IP: Well, I used to, you know, get feed in 'em. I think that's what it is, pretty sure it is. / GJ: Isn't that interesting. / IP: And now this is, this is, what this is a domestic lining, you know, what they call at the stores? Used to make sheets out of? That's what this is, it's new. / GJ: I see. Well, that's interesting. / IP: Now this is just quilted around the Dutch Girl. See? Just went around the cap and feet and all. Arms and hands. And then around each block. Around the square. It's not quilted anywhere else except around the Dutch Girl's dress and the blocks. / GJ: And that's the pattern you got from the neighbor. / IP: Yeah.
  • -  For rights information please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

Medium

  • Sound tape reel : 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1982/009: BR8-GJ-R91

Source Collection

  • Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (AFC 1982/009)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

  • audio

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress believes that some of the materials in this collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions, and are therefore free to use and reuse. For example, the fieldwork in this collection is in the public domain in the United States.

However, the Library has obtained permission for the use of other materials, and presents additional materials for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law. For example, some of the recordings contain copyrighted music, and not all of the performers and other individuals who were recorded signed releases for public use of their work.

In addition, the American Folklife Center and the professional fieldworkers who carry out these projects feel a strong ethical responsibility to the people they have visited and who have consented to have their lives documented for the historical record. The Center asks that researchers approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here. Researchers are also reminded that privacy and publicity rights may pertain to certain uses of this material.

Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these collection materials should contact the Folklife Reading Room for assistance. Rights assessment is your responsibility. The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. 

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit line: Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Johnson, Geraldine Niva, Ila Patton, and Ila Patton. "This is a Little Dutch Girl.". Galax, Virginia, 1978. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000031/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, G. N., Patton, I. & Patton, I. (1978) "This is a Little Dutch Girl.". Galax, Virginia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000031/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, Geraldine Niva, Ila Patton, and Ila Patton. "This is a Little Dutch Girl.". Galax, Virginia, 1978. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/qlt000031/>.