QUILT INDEX RECORD

52-152-533

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Quilt Alliance

Who documented this quilt?

Quilt Alliance; Inspired By

Quilt Alliance Inventory Number:

57

Quilt Title:

Summer in the Forest

Width:

16 inches

Length:

16 inches

Time period:

2000-2025

Date:

June 1, 2014

Materials:

Cotton quilting fabric, vintage button; machine appliqued and machine quilted

Quiltmaker:

Entsminger, Sarah Lykins

City:

Ashburn

State:

Virginia

Artist's Statement:

As I scrolled through many of the quilts on the Quilt Index, I was struck by the incredible variety of colors and patterns used in the older quilts. I decided to use as my inspiration a quilt that I kept returning to each time I looked at the Index, a quilt entitled "Tree of Life" made in 1835. While the record indicates that the primary colors of the quilt are gold, red and black – the image reflects a great deal of green. I was also drawn to the many different patterned or chintz type fabrics used in the quilt, no large expanses of solid color to be seen anywhere. As I looked at the quilt, I was reminded of all the colors in nature, particularly those in a garden or woodland setting. I used primarily patterned fabric to replicate the feel of the original quilt and arranged the pieces in my own idea of a peaceful forest walk in the summer sunshine.

Inspiration quilt:
 

 

Member of Glover family. Tree of Life. 1835c. From New England Quilt Museum Permanent Collection.