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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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