Feb. 5, 2016
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has installed a new quilt exhibit in the Great Hall of the Culture Center. “The State Museum Quilt Collection” features 30 quilts dating from the 1950s to the present.
The exhibit includes quilts that were donated, purchase awards from juried exhibits and quilts that were created for specific shows including the bicentennial exhibit “Quilts: An Appalachian Tradition” that opened in 1976, the Culture Center’s first year.
The exhibit will grace the white marble walls of the Great Hall through May 13. A complete list of quilters and quilts is attached.
For more information about “The State Museum Quilt Collection,” contact Charles Morris, director of museums, at (304) 558-0220.
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History is an agency within the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts with Kay Goodwin, Cabinet Secretary. The division, led by Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith, brings together the past, present and future through programs and services focusing on archives and history, arts, historic preservation and museums. For more information about the division’s programs, events and sites, visit www.wvculture.org. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
The State Museum Quilt Collection Exhibit
Kate Barnette
Logan County
Bicentennial Logo
1976
Donated by Kate Barnette
Gertrude Blume
Fayette County
New River Bridge Quilt
1976
Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, Inc.
One of six quilts made for the bicentennial exhibit,
“Quilts: An Appalachian Tradition,”
tracing the history of quilting from 1776 to 1976.
Pauline Bonham
Kanawha County
Oak Leaf
1987
Award Winner
1987 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Dimple Brown
Clay County
1820 Barn Raising
1976
Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, Inc.
One of six quilts made for the bicentennial exhibit,
“Quilts: An Appalachian Tradition,”
tracing the history of quilting from 1776 to 1976.
Dimple Brown, Mildred Mayne
And Judy Parcell
Kanawha County
Lone Star / Log Cabin
1987
Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, Inc.
Award of Excellence
1987 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Winifred Casto
Jackson County
Pink Rosebud Spray
1970s
Donated by Marilyn Casto and
Diane Casto Tennant
Winifred Casto
Jackson County
Blue Iris
1950s
Donated by Marilyn Casto and
Diane Casto Tennant
Brenda Deitz
Nicholas County
Springtime Serenade
1987
Award Winner
1987 Juried Quilt Exhibit
Frankie Fiazza
Hancock County
WV Theme Quilt
1980s
Donated by Diane Fiazza
Charli Fulton
Kanawha County
Diamond Escaping a Square
2009
Honorable Mention, Purchase Award
2009 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Alberta Johnson
Kanawha County
1876 Centennial Eagle
1976
Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, Inc.
One of six quilts made for the bicentennial exhibit,
“Quilts: An Appalachian Tradition,”
tracing the history of quilting from 1776 to 1976.
Ann Kessel
Jefferson County
Diamond’s Delight
2008
Third Place, Pieced
2008 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Deborah Kinder
Boone County
Violetta Garden
2011
Purchased by the Department of Education and the Arts
2011 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Geraldine Melton
Putnam County
Happy Birthday West Virginia
2013
2013 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Carol Miller
Preston County
Little Brown Birds
2007
First Place, Applique
Best of Show, Purchase Award
2007 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Joanne Moulden
Morgan County
Berkeley Springs Block
1983
Donated by Joanne Moulden
Hope Osbourne
Kanawha County
Handkerchief Quilt
1996
Donated by Sister Mary Laura Garges, O.S.F.
Marguriette “Corky” Perry
Cabell County
Garden Beauty
2014
Quilter: Willanna Wales
First Place, Mixed/Other
Best of Show, Purchase Award
2014 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Kay Phelps
Putnam County
No Place Like Home
2013
First Place, Pieced
Best of Show, Purchase Award
2013 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Sharon Price
Raleigh County
Solar
2007
First Place, Mixed/Other
2007 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Ella Orr Rightmire or
Pauline Rightmire Harris
Tucker County
Not So Small Stars
1950s
Donated by Alice H. Rathbone
Beth Rose
Fayette County
Mosaic Windows
1985
Award of Excellence
1985 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Leslie Sabol
Kanawha County
Motion
1995
Cabin Creek Quilts Cooperative, Inc.
Pauline Somerville
Wirt County
Ocean Wave
1981
Purchased
1981 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Judith A. Tenney
Upshur County
Wild Rose
1993
Award Winner
1993 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Judith Tenney
Upshur County
Winding Rose
2006
First Place, Applique
Best of Show, Purchase Award
2006 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Elizabeth Tiffner
Kanawha County
Psalm 51:7
1988
3rd Place, Purchase Award
1988 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Gail Vaillancourt
Roane County
Autumn Log Cabin
2008
2008 Juried Quilt Exhibition
Sherry Westfall
Kanawha County
Flight Home
1995
Award Winner
1995 Juried Quilt Exhibition
West Virginia Heritage Quilt
1976
30 individually made squares from counties around the state.
Compiled by Hazel Salmons and
Essie Lawson
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