May 8, 2018

American West Heritage Quilt Collection May 2018

We had a wonderful meeting with special guests Diane Wilkinson and Carol Johnson bring a collection of quilts from the American West Heritage Quilt Collection.  More about that later.

Sandra updated the guild on the upcoming events going on around the state and reminded everyone of the benefits of joining the state guild, including discounts on classes at Quilt Fest and prizes.  Check out the Beeline at utahquiltguild.org  for more information and on joining or renewing.

Sew and Tell

Everyone has been busy and had some awesome Sew and Tell projects this month.


Olivia's cute comfort quilt donation, such a fun panel quilt
Nancy's sweet Envelope Quilt she's donating to her church
for auction.

Becky's Charm Star Comfort Quilt

Becky's pretty red French General Log Cabin
So pretty Barbara

Another lovely vintage quilt

A Crazy Quilt in the making

Anita's gorgeous modern purple quilt

 Margo's been going crazy making comfort quilts





 If you'd like the pattern for the five yard quilt
you can download it here:  five yard quilt















Western Heritage Quilt Collection


It was our great pleasure to have Diane wilkinson and Carol Johnson sharing vintage quilts from the collection.  All of these quilts originate in the western states with their provenance carefully searched.
The collection has been housed in three different museums and is now settled in the Hyrum Museum.

Although this red/brown/black quilt dates to 1890, it looks very modern.  The young lady who made this quilt started life in Kentucky, moving to Illinois and finally settling in Utah.


This quilt is a green thread cross-stitch on a white background made using a panel that was printed and sold in J.C. Penny stores.  This was done by Beverly Lewis in Logan in the 1950's.

This beautiful southwestern themed quilt named Squaw Peak is done by Marva Dahlbach in 1994.  Much of her work has the beautiful southwestern colors and themes.


This beautiful Yellow Lone Star is made by Blanche Young of St. George

Beautiful Celtic applique technique in this lovely quilt by Millie Olmstead

Utah Native Plants created by the South Cache Valley Quilters


Cute label on the back of the Native Utah flowers
 This quilt is not part of the collection but is Diane's hand pieced Grandmother's Flower Garden
She's in the process of hand quilting this.


With many thanks to Diane and Carol for sharing these beautiful quilts and their extensive knowledge.

Next month is Picnic and Bingo.  

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