Great American Elk

Name/Title

Great American Elk

Entry/Object ID

1998.05.01

Made/Created

Artist

Chizuko Hana Hill

Date made

1994

Place

City

Cadiz

State/Province

Kentucky

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

70 in

Width

65 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Artist Commentary

Label

"I feel very fortunate that quilt making is my hobby. Quilting instills in me a great deal of self satisfaction which no other crafts can do. Completing a quilt is a big challenge and especially so when creating my own designs. This quilt consists of 19,500 three-quarter-inch squares and took over 1200 hours to piece. There were many times I felt I should give this project up. After finally finishing the piecing, both my husband and I felt the wrong side of the quilt top was more attractive than the right side. Two weeks later, I made the difficult decision to use the wrong side, knowing leaving the seam allowances visible could be a dangerous attempt. I was very pleased with the results."

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Cottons

Note Type

Techniques Used

Note

Machine pieced, hand pieced, hand quilted