is
a lecture and show of quilts from the 1820s to the 1970s
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.
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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