Flotsam

Art

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The National Quilt Museum

Name/Title

Flotsam

Entry/Object ID

2017.05.01

Made/Created

Artist

Libby Lehman

Date made

1995

Place

City

Houston

State/Province

Texas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

96 in

Width

74 in

Interpretative Labels

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Artist Commentary

Label

"Me and my quilts are 50/50. They have a mind of their own. I like to select the perfect name for each of my quilts, which is like naming children, except you already know what they are going to be when they grow up. I like the name Flotsam for this quilt because it's fun to think of beauty in swirling, floating debris."

Research Notes

Notes

Awards Won: Second Place Other Techniques Professional or Amateur 1995

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Cottons; Rayon, metallic thread

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Techniques Used

Note

Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine embroidered, machine quilted