What fun to open a magazine or online zine and find quilters from one’s hometown mentioned.  This happened to me this evening when I discovered this article about my hometown, Why Plymouth Rocks, in the April issue of New Hampshire Magazine. by Tom Long and Stacy Milbouer.

Mentioned here are:

*Loretta Bothello and her Country Heart Quilters, a quilt fabric shop on the Tenney Mountain Highway that also provides quiltmaking classes.

*Quilter Janice Maves who operates the Gallery at Red Gate Farm on Highland Street.

As we browse around our local area, we often can find quilting and fabric art treasures.  What is located near you?

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Finding Quilters in My Home Town – Plymouth, NH

  Throughout the country, myriad events are taking place in the quilting world to commemorate Black History Month.  Among them, you’ll find the following:

Freedom Quilts Exhibit to celebrate Black History Month.

This year’s exhibit features the contemporary needlework of several local quilters who have reproduced the Freedom Quilt patterns believed to have helped escaping slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War.

AT&T and Gee’s Bend Quilters Create Artwork to Commemorate Black History Month

The AT&T Gee’s Bend Quilt, which measures 95 inches by 82 inches, was created by 46 members of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective and features colors based on the AT&T brand palette. The artists, ranging in age from 19 to 90, worked together for more than 250 hours to complete the artwork, which is destined to become a part of black cultural history.

Zion Lutheran celebrates Black History Month

Zion is now looking for volunteers to help fifth and eighth grade students sew an American quilt.

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Quilters Celebrate Black History Month