Antique quilts on display at White River Museum
Leone
(Wittry) Buelt, daughter of Anna Catherine (Nieland) Wittry, exhibits
Double Wedding Ring quilt
The King County Journal, November 16, 2003
AUBURN
Antique quilts on display at White River Museum
The White River Valley Museum has opened a new exhibit
called ``From Quilters' Hands,'' a display featuring 31 antique
quilts from Washington state collectors. The exhibit will be on
display through March 14 at the museum, 918 H St. S.E. Local quilt
expert and teacher Anita Sheneberger, the guest curator of the
exhibit, will lecture at 2 p.m. today at the museum, telling the
stories behind the quilts on display. Sheneberger traveled the
region to find a broad range of quilt patterns and styles. Patterns
on display include the rolling star, yo-yo, drunkard's path, a
hummingbird, rosebud and poppy. Museum hours are noon to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. Wednesdays are free to everyone. Admission
is $1-$2. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org.
Photo: Leone (Wittry) Buelt with her latest
quilt project. The double wedding ring quilt that is on display
at the museum was made for her hope chest, before 1944. Click
image to enlarge
From Quilters' Hands
Excerpt from White River Valley Museum
Website http://www.wrvmuseum.org,
November 6, 2003
An
exhibit of fabulous quilts from Washington state collectors. Supported
by the Calico Cat and Bernina Too!, Covington Quilt Guild, Evergreen
Piecemakers Quilt Guild, and In the Beginning Fabrics.
Discover history as told by bits of fabric and lines
of thread. "from Quilters' Hands" will be on display
at the White River Valley Museum in Auburn, Washington from November
12, 2003 to March 14, 2004. This beautiful exhibit features 31
fabulous antique quilts from Washington state collectors. They
are artistically arranged to showcase the unique loveliness of
each quilt.
Local quilt expert and teacher, Anita Sheneberger,
is the guest curator for "from Quilters' Hands." She
traveled the region searching out treasures sewn from 1840-1940
to represent a broad range of quilt patterns and styles. Diverse
patterns such as rolling star, yo-yo, drunkard's path, crazy quilt
and appliquéd hummingbird, rosebud and Oriental poppy will
surround the exhibit room with exquisite color. Among the charming
traditions on display is a spider web sewn on a double
wedding ring quilt. Such webs guaranteed good luck to the
fortunate recipient.
Quilts were created out of need, for warmth and
protection in the cold of winter. But the women who made them
used the quilts to create beauty out of cloth, to record the passages
of their lives, to give as gifts to friends and loved ones - and
to be remembered. Come along on this journey through history as
we hear the stories behind the quilts, see the pictures of the
women who created them, and marvel at the exquisite workmanship
"from Quilters' Hands."
Quilts in the exhibit were borrowed from area
collectors, and range in date from 1840 to 1940.
"from Quilters' Hands" has been generously
sponsored by Calico Cat and Bernina Too!, Covington Quilt Guild,
Evergreen Piecemakers Quilt Guild, and In the Beginning Fabrics.
To accompany "from Quilters' Hands"
the museum has planned some fun and educational events. All are
free with regular museum admission.
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