150 Years of Quilts

is a lecture and show of quilts from the 1820’s to the 1970’s by Phyllis Twigg Hatcher. See how quilts of each era have their own beauty and what makes the quilt an example of its decade. Of particular intrigue and delight is the collection of crib quilts.

   

Appraising Your Quilt:  What's It Worth?

Phyllis shows how an appraiser goes about determining the value of a contemporary or antique quilt, what the difference is between insurance, fair market and donation values, and what makes a quilt worthy of an appraisal. Come and find out both serious and humorous thoughts on appraising. (Monetary values will not be determined).

Red & White and Blue & White:
Quilts of Distinction

What is the secret of those graphic two color quilts? Why have red and white and blue and white quilts never lost their popularity in over two hundred years? See what makes a quilt with a strong visual impact that is rarely forgotten.

Buy Me, I'm Best Workshop

Novel and entertaining methods have always been used to sell thread, sewing machines, and fabric to quiltmakers. Phyllis shows how companies marketed their goods to sewers and quiltmakers from 1875 to 1950. Actual quilts, fabrics, textile commemoratives, advertising trade cards, and feedsack related items will be shown.

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher
1410 Colonial Manor Court
Annapolis, MD 21409
Phyllis2775@hotmail.com