Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Quilters From Around Georgia Turn Out For Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum's First Show

Thomas O'Connor/Carroll County
Scottie Blumke and Beverly Gibson admire a quilt by Rae Giddens Monday in the Georgia State Capitol Building during a quilt show hosted by the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. The quilt, which Giddens contributed to as part of the Wiregrass Quilters Guild out of Fitzgerald, Albany and Tifton, GA., was one of many from quilters around the state.
Thomas O'Connor/Carroll County
Scottie Blumke and Beverly Gibson admire a quilt by Rae Giddens Monday in the Georgia State Capitol Building during a quilt show hosted by the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. The quilt, which Giddens contributed to as part of the Wiregrass Quilters Guild out of Fitzgerald, Albany and Tifton, GA., was one of many from quilters around the state.
Thomas O'Connor/Carroll County

Bessie Burnett describes the process used to select colors for her quilt, A Mountain of Brown Sugar by the Brown Sugar Stitchers out of Decatur, Ga., to Darlene Johnson during a quilt show at the Georgia State Capitol Building hosted by the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum Monday. Guilds and quilters from around the state were present to show off their work and help promote the museum project
Thomas O'Connor/Carroll County
The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum hosted its first quilt show inside the Georgia State Capitol Building Monday. All of the quilts on display during the show will be auctioned off at a later date to help raise funds for the museum.
Thomas O'Connor/Times-Georgian
A panel from the 'Georgia on Our Mind' quilt by the West Georgia Quilters guild depicts the old Carroll County Courthouse. The quilt was one of many on display during the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum first quilt show which was held inside the Georgia State Capitol Building Monday.

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