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Photo, Print, Drawing 1996 Kids Quilt

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About this Item

Title

  • 1996 Kids Quilt

Names

  • Helfrich Park Middle School (Evansville, Ind.) 8th grade students; Adams, Jo, teacher (Creator)

Created / Published

  • Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, October, 1994 - May, 1995

Headings

  • -  Quilting
  • -  Quilt patterns
  • -  quilt tops
  • -  embroidery
  • -  aesthetics
  • -  batting (textiles)
  • -  applique quilts
  • -  hand quilting
  • -  machine quilting
  • -  quilting bees
  • -  quilting groups
  • -  quilt blocks
  • -  synthetic fabrics
  • -  art quilts
  • -  cotton fabrics
  • -  pictorial quilts
  • -  quilt art
  • -  Photographs
  • -  United States -- Indiana -- Vanderburgh County -- Evansville

Genre

  • Photographs

Notes

  • -  The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker:
  • -  Quilt size: 102" x 102"
  • -  How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "A local quilter and business woman, Betty Cummings, selected the all cotton materials based on historical information. Students could select from a variety of prints and patterns. Each student designed and appliqued his or her square. Mrs. Cummings then arranged the squares (209) and arranged to have them quilted."
  • -  "The quilt was the 'masterpiece' of a unit on the westward migration of the pioneers, in particular, life along the Oregon Trail." It was their "first effort!"
  • -  What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? Do you frequently enter your quilts in competition? "The primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest was to obtain recognition for our students and our new school. Our students and their families were very proud of their work and we felt the quality of the work was superior."
  • -  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 9056 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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This collection includes materials from the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End and Good Housekeeping. The quilt contest winning entries from 1992 to 1996 are displayed with the permission of Coming Home which retains its rights.

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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

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Helfrich Park Middle School. Kids Quilt. Evansville Indiana United States Vanderburgh County, 1996. Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, October, - May, 1995. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000553/.

APA citation style:

Helfrich Park Middle School. (1996) Kids Quilt. Evansville Indiana United States Vanderburgh County, 1996. Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, October, - May, 1995. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000553/.

MLA citation style:

Helfrich Park Middle School. Kids Quilt. Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, October, - May, 1995. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/qlt000553/>.