QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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 8934 P1

Alternate inventory number for this quilt. This might be a museum accession number.

afcqltle le003

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:

Fireweeds, Fiddleheads, and Fairies

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Feathered Star

How wide is the quilt?

66 inches

How long is the quilt?

66 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

1991

When was the quilt finished?

1992

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing; Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Flannel

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker: Pattern learned from Quilt book. Other techniques used include: "All-over hand stitched background -- outline stitch, Feather stitch, Channel or Grid, Trapunto" How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "Used traditional material, including flannel back which is more difficult to work on. She was told the traditional material and difficulty of the work" were some reasons for winning. How long have you been making quilts? "This was my first quilt." How did you learn to quilt? "Self taught from books." What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? Do you frequently enter your quilts in competition? "Personal goal -- prize money -- she had made a number of quilt blocks intending to make a quilt but they always ended up as throw pillows. Her sister gave her an entry form for the Lands' End contest and suggested 'go for it' -- she did."

Quilt top made by:

Keehr, Brenda

Where the quilt was made, city:

Fairbanks

Where the quilt was made, county:

North Star Borough

Where the quilt was made, state:

Alaska (AK)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Personal enjoyment

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. 1992 3rd Place National 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(le003))

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