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QUILT INDEX RECORD

14-10-210

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 9085 P1

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

afcqltle le148

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:

Watercolor Silence

How wide is the quilt?

84 inches

How long is the quilt?

96 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

September, 1994

Describe the quilt's layout:

Pictorial

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

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

The following information was supplied by the quiltmaker: Where did you learn the pattern? "This design was a new idea in watercolor quilt. I wanted to use fabric to paint a picture a square at a time, much like 'pointalism.' It works, but the amount of one and a half inch square fabrics are more than 250 more like 500 different colors. You do get to love a few 50 color and use in difficult spots." How did you choose the materials used in your quilt? "Colors, texture, movement." "The challenge: to make a picture like an impressionist painting. The goal was clear… paint a scene of a fall day on our lake. I needed to start about four times to get the use of fabric as paint correct. Looking at the fabric with a camera lense helped me to get far enough away to see it correctly." How long have you been making quilts? "30 years." How did you learn to quilt? "A group of retired ladies in my church. I learned by doing the most difficult quilt piece work I could find in the library." What was your primary reason for entering the Lands' End contest? "To show I could create a new quilt idea and win. Getting into the Library of Congress was the added benefit I'm very proud of." 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? "No…but others are happy to receive a quilt from me. No…but you can't be anything but proud that the Library of Congress has your quilt on file. Thank you!"

Quilt top made by:

Haglund, Joan R.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Minnetonka

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hennepin County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Minnesota (MN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry; Art or personal expression; Gift or presentation

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. 1996 Minnesota State 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(le148))

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

Cite this Quilt

Haglund, Joan R. Watercolor Silence. September, 1994. From American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=14-10-210. Accessed: 03/28/24