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Quilt Lecture & Auction
Sunday, April 3, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Free
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