QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-499

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

25

Quilt Title:

Dahlia

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Cotton fabric, low-loft cotton batting, cotton embroidery thread; hand applique, hand embroidery, hand quilting

Quiltmaker:

Kauffmann, Leslie Ferrell

City:

Brussels, Belgium

Artist's Statement:

My inspiration for this quilt was the "Bird of Paradise" quilt by Alice Mahelona from the 1920s taken from the Quilt Alliance Quilt Index. Her quilt is done in lovely colors with a bold, eye-catching design. I noticed that many of the Hawaiian Quilt Research Project quilts were named after flowers. My quilt is called "Dahlia," a flower that often has eight petals, grows beautifully where I live, comes in fabulous colors and was one of my mother's favorites. (The colors are favorites of mine!) The hand embroidery gave me a chance to learn some new stitches and practice some old familiar ones as well. I had been wanting to try to make this style of quilt ever since a friend sent me a link to a blog describing the tivaevae, embroidered Hawaiian-style quilts made in Rarotonga (http://slipslipknit.com/?p=1697). The Quilt Alliance "Inspired By" seemed the perfect opportunity with so many gorgeous Hawaiian quilts in the Quilt Index and in Save Our Stories to use as inspiration.

Inspiration quilt:
 

 

Mahelona, Alice (Mrs. Sam). Bird of Paradise. 1920s. From Hawaiian Quilt Research Project, Mission Houses Museum Collection.