|
|
|
Boonville —
Flying geese, ice cream sorbet and Dresden plate are just the few colorful names of patchwork and embroidered patterns on scores of quilts that Signe Roksoky has sown together from scraps or appliquéd over the past 20 years.
Ten of her quilts will be on display along with nearly 135 others at Roslyn Heights, headquarters of the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Friday and Saturday.
Coinciding with the Big Muddy Folk Festival, the heritage quilt show celebrates the craftsmanship and innovative techniques of American folk art and women's contribution to it.
"Other nationalities have a pattern one can recognize--Swedish, German, Philippine or Japanese, but there is no patchwork in other countries," said Dorothy Shull, a textile expert who has appraised quilts over the past 30 years and has travelled across the globe. Shull will appraise quilts during the exhibition organized by the DAR Hannah Cole Chapter Friday and Saturday.
The material, pattern, its execution, and the color scheme all factor in the value of a quilt.
Roksoky's quilts are neatly sown together in unexpected patterns of triangles and strips. Even while she makes it sound simple, the guessing that goes behind matching each piece to its place sounds a lot like mathematical work.
A quilt made by an African American woman during the slavery days, and another dating back to the 1820s with lace trimmings that came to Missouri on a covered wagon will be on display along with those handed down by great grandmothers and others more recently stitched as a hobby.
Pattern names such as drunkard's path, grandma's flower garden and cathedral window show a continuity and evolution of the art down generations.
Towards the end of the 18th century and until the Civil War, quilts were also used as signs that helped fugitive slaves find the way to safety or warn them of danger ahead.
Want to read more? Grab a copy of the Boonville Daily News e-edition after 3 p.m. today.
Flying geese, ice cream sorbet and Dresden plate are just the few colorful names of patchwork and embroidered patterns on scores of quilts that Signe Roksoky has sown together from scraps or appliquéd over the past 20 years.
Ten of her quilts will be on display along with nearly 135 others at Roslyn Heights, headquarters of the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Friday and Saturday.
Coinciding with the Big Muddy Folk Festival, the heritage quilt show celebrates the craftsmanship and innovative techniques of American folk art and women's contribution to it.
"Other nationalities have a pattern one can recognize--Swedish, German, Philippine or Japanese, but there is no patchwork in other countries," said Dorothy Shull, a textile expert who has appraised quilts over the past 30 years and has travelled across the globe. Shull will appraise quilts during the exhibition organized by the DAR Hannah Cole Chapter Friday and Saturday.
The material, pattern, its execution, and the color scheme all factor in the value of a quilt.
Roksoky's quilts are neatly sown together in unexpected patterns of triangles and strips. Even while she makes it sound simple, the guessing that goes behind matching each piece to its place sounds a lot like mathematical work.
A quilt made by an African American woman during the slavery days, and another dating back to the 1820s with lace trimmings that came to Missouri on a covered wagon will be on display along with those handed down by great grandmothers and others more recently stitched as a hobby.
Pattern names such as drunkard's path, grandma's flower garden and cathedral window show a continuity and evolution of the art down generations.
Towards the end of the 18th century and until the Civil War, quilts were also used as signs that helped fugitive slaves find the way to safety or warn them of danger ahead.
Want to read more? Grab a copy of the Boonville Daily News e-edition after 3 p.m. today.
