Outside Shows and Events
The Dolley Madison Quilters Guild of Orange County, Virginia will be hosting our bi-annual Quilt Show this September.
We would love to have you share the show information with your guild at your meeting and through social media pages or websites you may host. We will have over 200 quilts hanging in the show along with quilting vendors, local artisans and a gift show featuring handmade items by our guild members. It is sure to be a wonderful event!
Thank you for your time and consideration in helping us get the word out to as many quilters as possible.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Evans
Jennifer Evans, Publicity Manager
Dolley Madison Quilters Guild
Mathews Museum
ShowcaseSouthern Quilts
from Private Collection
200 Main Street
Mathews, VA 23109
A special quilting exhibit, “Threads of Our History: Quilts of Mathews Virginia,” will debut at the Mathews Museum, October 5 and will be on exhibit through the end of December. These quilts are from a private collection of an old Mathews family, going back over a century. Mathews is a small, rural southern county sitting on the Chesapeake Bay. The quilts reflect their utilitarian use, in a geographic area that was fairly isolated until the 1950s. The quilts honor a southern tradition of quilting when scraps of fabric or clothing were used to make bedding when the family needed it. Southern quilts have their own identity, with their use of color, size of pieces, and choice of fabric, which was primarily cotton and feed bags.
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There is a private showing on Thursday, October 3 for Mathews Museum members. And beginning October4th, the museum will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of December. For information on special tours, contact 804-695-4664 or email mathewsvamuseumfriends@gmail.com.
For Museum hours and additional information, visit
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