QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-495

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

21

Quilt Title:

Feedsack Quilt

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Bird seed bags, felt, cotton, traditional piecing, machine applique, embroidery, beading

Quiltmaker:

Bordeau, Ann

City:

Arden

State:

North Carolina

Artist's Statement:

Resourceful women in the early 20th century reused printed fabric feedsacks to create utilitarian quilts. Many great examples can be seen documented in the Quilt Index. I suggest "Friendship Chain", a 1930 quilt by Elsie Simpson, as a good example of a quilt using this fabric source. As a 21st century quilter, I was inspired to use the feedsacks I had on hand, bird seed bags that are made of a durable woven plastic-type material, to create my submission to the annual Quilt Alliance contest. To give homage to the useful prints of last century's feedsacks, I included art from my bird seed bags. And it seemed fitting to embellish with a few "seed" beads. I hope you enjoy my current interpretation of the "Feedsack Quilt".

Inspiration quilt:
 

 

Simpson, Elsie B. Friendship Chain. 1930. From Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project.