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I am proud to have been part of the West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search. This was a volunteer effort to document pre-1940 quilts residing in West Virginia. In 1992, quilt documentation days were held throughout our state. Many guilds and Extension Homemakers groups 4000 items. The information was later transcribed into a computer data base and information, stories and photos were published in 2000 in West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers, Echoes from the Hills by Fawn Valentine. The collected data has all been stored in the archives at the Culture Center in Charleston, WV. The Alliance for American Quilts is a non-profit organization whose mission is "to document, preserve, and share our American quilt heritage". Together with the University of Michigan, they have developed an impressive quilt research site The Quilt Index which makes available information gathered during various documentation projects. The information gathered during the West Virginia project has been added to the site. This information is now available to serious quilt scholars worldwide, as well as to anyone interested in viewing, studying and just plain enjoying our state's wonderful quilting heritage. |
West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search |