Did you know quilts can talk? Quilts tell the story of their makers and the community. They were even an important part of the underground railroad.
Attend Quilt Exhibit and Lecture by Pat O’Rourke– including the quilts of National Heritage Fellow Mabel E. Murphy, to learn more!
The Quilt Exhibit is Saturday, August 13th, 2011, 10 AM to 2 PM at the Tappmeyer Homestead in Creve Coeur’s Millennium Park, Barnes West Drive. Mrs. O’Rourke will have a lecture and describe the quilts at Noon.
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Admission: $3.00 for Adults and $1.00 for children.
Quilts tell stories and they reflect the great events and people of the time in which they were created. The Tappmeyer Homestead Foundation is hosting an exhibit of quilts owned by Pat O’Rourke, including those of her mother’s, Mabel Murphy. Murphy was recognized for her contributions by being designated an NEA National Heritage Fellow in 1989. Murphy was born in 1907 in Callaway County, in the agricultural heartland of Missouri. When she was eight years old, she pieced the first quilt top of what was to become a lifetime of quilting, ultimately quilting over 100 quilts. The first quilt — a Four Patch pattern, the standard design usually taught to children in those days – was the basic style she used throughout her journey. After piecing a top together she called on friends and neighbors to help with the quilting, creating a bond within the community of its members. Each finished quilt is a kind of map of the social relationships and community that created it.