Find pieces of a printed fabric repeated several times in Greenlee’s quilt. A brown and pink floral is repeated in the second row, third square, and in the third row, second and third squares. A red, white,and black plaid is in the third row, second and third squares.
Compare the patterns of Greenlee’s Crazy Quilt with that of McCord’s Grandmother’s Fan Quilt. What is the main difference between these two quilts? Greenlee’s is made primarily of parallel lines like ladders and McCord’s has wedge shapes forming circles.
How did both quilters create unity in their quilt designs? They repeated colors, shapes, and patterns, and arranged their design into an ordered grid.
Which quilts on this poster took the most advance planning and why. It was probably the Amish quilts because of their geometric regularity.
Which ones took the longest time to sew? The ones made from many small pieces of fabric and with the finest stitches took the longest to construct.
Why did women make quilts? The main reason was to keep their families warm, but quilts also added decoration and color to homes. Many women also enjoyed designing and sewing quilts.
Why did quilters often sew small bits of fabric together rather than using one large piece of material? By using fabric scraps and pieces of discarded clothing, they could create inexpensive bed covers.
How do quilts record a family’s history? Quilt pieces made from old clothes could remind the family of the people who wore them and special occasions when they wore them.
How is Greenlee’s quilt is similar to kente cloth designs? (left) They both have contrasting parallel bands of color that resemble ladders.
What nineteenth-century developments made it easier for American women to make quilts? The invention of the cotton gin and power loom and opening of New England textile factories made commercially woven and printed fabric available and affordable. Catalogs and magazines printed quilt patterns. The introduction of sewing machines made sewing quicker.
None of these pieces were intended to be revered as works of art by their creators. Why are they considered to be art now? Many would state that these quilts are not art, but rather, craft (because of their functionality, because they are not a "traditional" art form like painting and sculpting). What about the modern-day quilts we looked at that are meant to be seen as art pieces and not used bed coverings? Many of these newer quilts were made primarily with the use of machines, with very little work done by hand. Or, they challenge our ideas of what a quilt should look like. Does this change how we respond to them?
Questions like these lead us, ultimately, to the never-ending and lively discussion of... What is Art? :)
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A Hot Day in Lancaster
Water Ballet #5
Techno Jam
Quilt by Linda Gray
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