quilting Archives - Appalachian History

They would put up a quilt

The ladies would cook dinner, & maybe 5 or 6 of them would quilt. They would put up a quilt. And then, maybe, they’d have a square dance.

Blue Ridge VA resident Mamie Bryan quilted during the winter months, setting up her quilting frame in the living room near the fire.

“Thar’s one quilt here my grandmother made. Hit’s the Wilderness Road and I’ve got it in my head that she made hit up herself.”

A new exhibit on quilts opens July 1 at the Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center in Christiansburg, VA.

Appalachian Heritage Quilts on display at Museum of the Middle Appalachians. Whether a warmer for cold nights or naps – quilts are a record.