Friday, June 30, 2006



Owner: Betsey Smith
Maker: Lucia Spear
Pattern: Cathedral Window
Size: Queen
Date: 1970
Construction: Pieced
Quilting: Hand quilted
Materials: Muslin and calico
Other Information: Made in Winslow, AR with materials from grandkids' clothes.


Owner: Betsey Smith
Maker: Aunt Vivian Cronkite
Pattern: Double Wedding Ring
Size: Full
Date: 1927
Construction: Pieced
Quilting: Hand quilted
Materials: Cotton
Other Information: The top was made for high school graduation gift in 1927, was made in Maine by Betsey Smith's mother's (Lucia Spears) aunt Vivian.


Owner: Phyllis Neal
Maker: Faye Coffman
Pattern: Counting Sheep
Size: Queen
Method: Hand Pieced
Quilting: Machine
Materials: Cotton
Other Information: Machine quilted by Pam Goggan at the Sager Creek shop in Siloam Springs. Phyllis and Faye enjoy using their spinning wheels to make wool yarn. Faye made this quilt for Phyllis for Christmas 2003.


Owner: Phyllis Neal

Maker: Bill and Faye Coffman

Pattern: Nine Patch on point

Size: Full

Method: Hand pieced

Quilting: Hand quilted

Materials: Cotton

Other Information: Completed November 2004. Bill and Faye pieced this quilt for thier daughter Phyllis's birthday.


Owner: Kathryn Trusell
Maker: Hester May Davis
Pattern: Fans
Date of Construction: 1921


Owner: Kathryn Trusell
Maker: Hester May Davis
Pattern: Pinwheel
Date of Construction: 1919


Owner: Kathryn Trusell
Maker: Hester May Davis
Pattern: Dresden Plate
Date of Construction: 1918


Owner: Kathryn Trusell
Maker: Hester May Davis
Date of Construction: 1916


Owner: Kathryn Trusell
Maker: Hester May Davis
Pattern: Butterflies
Date of Construction: 1915

Wednesday, June 28, 2006



Owner: Phyllis Neal, Faye Coffman
Maker: Arry Belle Knight Berry Family
Pattern: Full Block
Size: Full
Method: Lap Quilting
Quilting: hand
Materials: cotton
Other Information: Made for Phyllis's maternal grandmother, Arry Belle Knight Berry. Muslin squares mailed out to all seven children and all grandchildren. All squares decorated by these family members. Presented to Arry at Christmas 1993.


Owner: Donna Lee Craine
Maker: Betty McGill
Date of Construction: 1960's
Method: Hand
Materials: scrap pieces
Other Information: Made special for me from my clothes from my grandmother.


Owner: Donna Lee Craine
Maker: Betty McGill
Date of Construction: 1960's
Method: Hand
Materials: scrap pieces
Other Information: Made special for me from my clothes from my grandmother.


Owner: Donna Lee Craine
Maker: Dorothea Williams
Date of Construction: 1970's
Method: Machine
Materials: scrap pieces


Owner: Donna Lee Craine
Maker: Betty McGill
Date of Construction: 1952
Method: Hand
Materials: scrap pieces


Owner: Donna Lee Craine
Maker: Betty McGill
Pattern: Double Wedding Ring
Date of Construction: 1960's
Method: Hand
Materials: scrap pieces


Owner: Genny Olson
Maker: Genny Olson
Pattern: Sesame Street Characters
Size: 61" by 61"
Date of Construction: 1998-2000
Method: Hand pieced, machine and hand applique
Quilting: hand quilted
Materials: cotton and poly/cotton
Other Information: For my grandchild.


Owner: Genny Olson
Maker: Genny Olson
Pattern: Flower Applique
Size: 61" by 61"
Date of Construction: 2003
Method: Hand applique and embroidery
Quilting: Machine quilted
Materials: Cotton
Other Information: "Oriental Garden" blocks of various oriental flower designs done in backgrounds of purple.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006



Owner: Genny Olson
Maker: Genny Olson
Pattern: Sampler
Size: 93" by 93"
Date of Construction: 1995-1997
Method: Pieced and applique
Quilting: Hand quilted
Materials: Cotton and poly/cotton
Other Information: The first quilt I ever made, done in a quilting class. This is my daughter's wedding quilt, made from scraps of fabric left over from the clothes and dolls I made for her as she was growing up.


Owner: Genny Olson
Maker: Genny Olson
Pattern: Crazy Quilt
Size: 71" by 73"
Date of Construction: 2000
Method: Hand pieced
Quilting: Tied
Materials: Cotton, velvet, satin, silk ribbon, beads, lace, embroidery lace
Other Information: This quilt uses some of my grandmother's old cigarette silks and my mother's lace and buttons. The embroidered flowers are the birth-month flowers for my children and husband.


Owner: Faye Coffman
Maker: Phillis Neal
Pattern: Nine Patch set on point
Size: Queen
Date of Construction: 1985
Method: Pieced
Quilting: Hand
Materials: Cotton
Other Information: Made for parents, Christmas 1985.


Owner: Faye Coffman
Maker: Unknown
Pattern: Double Wedding Ring
Size: 82" by 70"
Date of Construction: Unknown
Method: Peice
Quilting: Hand
Other Information: Rescued after storm damage from insurance company.


Owner: Faye Coffman
Maker: Faye Coffman
Pattern: Cracker
Size: 45" by 45"
Date of Construction: May 2006
Method: Machine pieced
Quilting: Hand quilted
Materials: Scrap cotton
Other Information: Made for new baby, Jade Powers, born April 6, 2006.


Owner: Aaron & Robin Jackson
Maker: Patricia Jackson
Pattern: Nine Patch
Date of Construction: Summer 1992
Quilting: Hand Quilting
Other Information: This quilt was made by my husband's mother the summer before his senior year of high school. The following fall she died of cancer and left the quilt without any backing. Recently his sister-in-law finished the quilt and gave it to him for Christmas. She had made all her sons one before she passed but ran out of time to finish Aaron's quilt.

Sunday, June 25, 2006



Owner: Genny Olson
Maker: Genny Olson
Pattern: Mini Block Sampler
Size: 43" by 50"
Date of Construction: 1996-2000
Method: Hand and Machine Pieced
Quilting: Hand and Machine Quilted
Materials: Cotton and Poly/Cotton
Other Information: "Quilt Store", a sampler quilt made of 4" blocks.