History of quilts explored in Elgin exhibit

Posted January 19, 2012 11:00 pm

Submitted by Elgin Area Historical Society

The Elgin Area Historical Society Museum, 360 Park St., will hold its Lee Wards Quilt Craft Exhibit and Program at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22.

To accompany the museum’s newest exhibit, LeeWards Quilt Craft, experienced quilter and certified quilt appraiser Chris Moline discusses the history of kit quilts and their value today. Craig Stokely, former Lee Wards vice president of merchandising and marketing and executive vice president, will also speak on the business of Lee Wards.

Moline has information relating to Lee Wards and other companies that discovered how to promote quilting and other crafts to busy 20th-century women. Moline is an AQS Certified Quilted Textile Appraiser, quilt historian, quilter, lecturer and collector. Her lectures concentrate on the impact of historical events on women and their quilts.

A coffee table quilt book will be raffled off. Raffle tickets are $1 each and a limited number of 100 tickets will be sold. They can be purchased from now until the start of the program on Sunday, Jan. 22.

Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for children and free for members.

For information, contact the museum at (847) 742-4248 or visit elginhistory.org.

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