Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2005.3.3

Description

Helen Rose-Fleenor bed cover, 56 hand stitched and appliquéd blocks with elaborate embroidered decoration, blocks with text, rabbits, squirrels, polar bears, horses, houses, hearts, churns, clocks, goat, bobbysox dancer, blonde bombshell with red lips, baby named Billy in cowboy hat, penguins, bears, geometric and abstract decorations, one block with "House rules: if you drop it pick it up, if you sleep in it make it, if you open it close it, if you empty it fill it up, if it rings answer it, if it cries love it", some printed and reused fabrics, without backing, 85-1/2" x 74-1/2", unused, 1986-2001. 4" casing for hanging sewn to top back.

Collection

Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt Collection

Acquisition

Notes

Gift of Pete and Linda Claussen

Made/Created

Artist

Bowlin, Helen Fleenor

Date made

1986 - 2001

Dimensions

Width

74 in

Length

86-1/2 in