Quilts and Quiltmaking in America
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 3–12
- Subjects
- arts (crafts, folk art), social studies (general)
- Provider
- Library of Congress
- Special requirements
- Sound recordings in American Memory are offered in three formats: RealAudio; MPEG 2, Layer 3 (.mp3); and .wav (WaveForm).
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Quilts and Quiltmaking in America showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into America's diverse quilting traditions. The quilt documentation from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, an ethnographic field project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service, includes 229 photographs and 181 recorded interviews with six quiltmakers in Appalachian North Carolina and Virginia. These materials document quilts and quilting within the context of daily life and reflect a range of backgrounds, motivations, and aesthetic sensibilities.
