{"id":1633,"date":"2012-02-08T20:06:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2023-10-06T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:20:59","slug":"in-honor-of-valentines-day-a-tribute-to-heart-shaped-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/quilt-stories\/in-honor-of-valentines-day-a-tribute-to-heart-shaped-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Valentine’s Day – A Tribute to Heart-Shaped Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hearts and the topic of love have been a story told through quilt for centuries. \u00a0As Valentine’s Day approaches we wanted to pull a few of our favorite quilts featuring heart images that were shown throughout the Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics<\/em> series.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"HeartsThe first featured quilt is entitled “Heart and Oak Leaves,” circa 1850. It was once in the collection of Exec Producer Shelly Zegart, so a personal favorite. The maker is unknown.<\/p>\n

Hearts and Oak Leaves<\/em>
\nMaker unknown
\nc. 1850
\nCotton
\n88″ x 86″
\nPhoto by Geoffrey Carr
\nFormerly in the collection of Shelly Zegart<\/p>\n

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\"DaisiesThis beautiful quilt entitled “Daisies Won’t Tell” was crafted by Mary Gasperik in 1930-1949. Thanks to Susan Salser for providing us with the image.<\/p>\n

Daisies Won’t Tell<\/em>
\nMary Gasperik
\n1930-1949
\nCotton, broadcloth
\n76″ x 91″
\nCourtesy of Susan Salser
\nMore info at www.quiltindex.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"AfricanDorothy Nelle Sanders created this quilt entitled “African Mask Adaption Quilt” in 1976 using cotton, silk-screen and fabric paint. (Credit: The Kentucky Quilt Project Archives, University of Louisville Archives & Records Center Louisville, Kentucky).<\/p>\n

African Mask Adaption Quilt
\n<\/em>Dorothy Nelle Sanders
\n1976
\nCotton, silk-screened, fabric paint
\n68 \u00bd” x 86″
\nFrom Always There: The African-American Presence in American Quilts
\n<\/em>The Kentucky Quilt Project Archives
\nUniversity of Louisville Archives & Records Center
\nLouisville, Kentucky: louisville.edu\/library\/archives<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"LibertyFinally, the most modern quilt in our collection of featured heart quilts \u2013 “Liberty Weeps for Her Country” by Susan Shie. This quilt was crafted in 2001 after the tragedy of September 11, 2011.
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Liberty Weeps for Her Country<\/em>
\nSusan Shie
\n2001
\nCotton, paint, glass beads, polymer clay, buttons, antique clothespins, sequined snake appliqu\u00e9s, ceramic alphabet beads
\n44″ x 34″
\nwww.turtlemoon.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Do you have a favorite quilt featuring a heart pattern? If so, send us a picture<\/a> or post it on our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hearts and the topic of love have been a story told through quilt for centuries. \u00a0As Valentine’s Day approaches we wanted to pull a few of our favorite quilts featuring heart images that were shown throughout the Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics series. The first featured quilt is entitled “Heart and Oak Leaves,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6591,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/6591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whyquiltsmatter.org\/staging20231003\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}