LECTURE – ‘Quilts in 19th Century American Life’

Join quilt his­to­ri­an Hal­lye Bone as she dis­cuss­es the role that quilt­ing and embroi­dery played in 19th cen­tu­ry Amer­i­can life. This pre­sen­ta­tion will fea­ture unique antique quilts from the Camp­bell House col­lec­tion. The lec­ture will be pre­sent­ed at 12 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. Reser­va­tions are required (free) as seat­ing is lim­it­ed.  April 3 is the final day of the spe­cial Camp­bell House exhib­it “Fab­ric of Time: Camp­bell Fam­i­ly Textiles.”

To make a reservation for a lecture time choose a link below:

12 p.m. lecture time on April 3 click here.

3 p.m. lecture on April 3 click here.

About the presenter
Hal­lye Bone made her first quilt in 1967 and has nev­er stopped quilt­ing. Class­es from Robert Bish­op, Cura­tor of the Amer­i­can Folk Art Muse­um and at the St. Louis Art Muse­um taught her how to repair and store quilts. She began to repair quilts for clients and wrote for several

Hal­lye Bone

quilt­ing mag­a­zines. A St. Louis native, she spent 12 years in Hous­ton, and taught in six quilt shops there. She stud­ied to become a quilt apprais­er and cur­rent­ly is an apprais­er of quilt­ed tex­tiles, cer­ti­fied by the Amer­i­can Quilter’s Soci­ety. Fas­ci­nat­ed by quilt his­to­ry, she lec­tures, teach­es quilt­ing and embroi­dery, apprais­es quilts, and repairs quilts. She is known for her books: “Car­ing for Your Quilts” and “Flower Dance,” an applique/embroidery book that includes pat­terns for Vic­to­ri­an red­work embroi­dery. Hal­lye tries to piece and quilt every day and enjoys the won­der­ful quil­ters she has met in her forty year career. 

SILENT AUCTION

A silent auc­tion fea­tur­ing nine quilts will be held begin­ning April 3 and will con­clude on April 13. The quilts on auc­tion were donat­ed to ben­e­fit the Camp­bell House Muse­um and are from the col­lec­tion of Lynn Isen­berg. The quilts (illus­trat­ed below) will be on dis­play at the April 3 lecture.

The open­ing bid for each quilt is $100.  To  learn more about the quilts to be auc­tioned or to place a bid click here to be redi­rect­ed to CharityAuctionsToday.com

“Base­ball” pat­tern, cir­ca 1920

“Grand­moth­er’s Flower Gar­den”, cir­ca 1940

“Lazy Daisy” pat­tern, cir­ca 1870

“Lemoyne Star” pat­tern cir­ca 1880

“Maple Leaf” pat­tern, cir­ca 1940

“Nine Patch” pat­tern, cir­ca 1875

“Blaz­ing Star” pat­tern, cir­ca 1885

“Tree of Life” pat­tern, cir­ca 1870

“Trip Around the World” pat­tern, cir­ca 1920