Celebration 2009
Triple Anniversary
5 years since the Museum opened in the historic Marie Webster House
30 years since the founding of The Quilters Hall of Fame
150 years since the birth of Marie Webster
plus a bonus of the induction of Merikay Waldvogel
*** Triple Anniversary Quilt Information HERE ***
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Merikay Waldvogel Selected for Induction in 2009
WHAT: Induction of 39th Honoree into The Quilters Hall of Fame
SPONSOR: The Quilters Hall of Fame
DATES: July 16-19, 2009
PLACE: The Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, Indiana
CONTACTS: Karen B. Alexander, President - karenquilt@gmail.com
Press Story by Karen B. Alexander
The Quilters Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the selection of Merikay
Waldvogel of Knoxville, TN as the 39th Honoree to be inducted into the Quilters
Hall of Fame, July 2009.
Merikay Waldvogel, one of the key players in the late 20th century quilt history
revival, has served on the board of directors of both the American Quilt Study
Group (AQSG) and The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ). She has been a key
player in building The Alliance's online Quilt Index. She has also taken key roles in
the Boxes Under the Beds and Quilt Treasures programs that are major
contributions of The Alliance to the study of American cultural history. Waldvogel
is a fellow of the International Quilt Study Center (IQSC) at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, where she has worked with graduate students and has built an
important database of quilt kits.
In 1983 Waldvogel began her collaboration with TQHF Honoree Bets Ramsey to
co-direct the Quilts of Tenneessee project through its mission of documenting the
quilts of that state. Together they wrote the book Quilts of Tennessee: Images of
Domestic Life Prior to 1930, and put together a traveling exhibit, one of many
exhibits Waldvogel has curated over the years. They later collaborated on the
book Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of the Civil War. In 2003, Rosalind
Webster Perry and Waldvogel co-edited the first book of articles about the
Honorees, The Quilters Hall of Fame.
In addition to serving quilt history organizations, Waldvogel is recognized as an
expert on quilts of the twentieth century quilt revival. Her own book Soft Covers
for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression is the key work on mid
20th century quilts and quiltmaking. Her collaboration with 2001 Honoree Barbara
Brackman on Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair was a major
contribution to quilt research.
Her Uncoverings articles for AQSG on Southern Linsey Quilts, the WPA Milwaukee
Handicraft Project, the Anne Orr Studio of Nashville, Round Robin Pattern
Collecting, and the early history of Mountain Mist patterns were all groundbreaking
research. Her latest book Childhood Treasures: Doll Quilts By and for Children
highlights Lincoln, Nebraska quiltmaker Mary Ghormley's extensive doll quilt
collection.
Waldvogel has written for Quilters Newsletter magazine, McCall's Quilting Vintage
Quilts, American Patchwork and Quilting, and Quilting Today/Traditional
Quiltworks. In the Southeast, she is also known for her writings about Southern
women and their quilts in Appalachian Life and Smokies Life magazines. She also
lectures frequently to quilt guilds, historical societies, and museums in the area.
Merikay Waldvogel is a graduate of Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL and the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, but now
resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. For additional information about The Quilters Hall
of Fame's Celebration, July 16-19, 2009, send a postcard or letter to
CELEBRATION 2009, P.O. Box 681, Marion, IN 46952 or email us at
quiltershalloffame@sbcglobal.net.
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Quilt Contest - 2009
They Left Their Mark:
Celebrating the Honorees of The Quilters Hall of Fame
To participate in the TQHF 2009 Quilt Challenge, select one of the Honorees of The
Quilters Hall of Fame who has influenced you or your work in some special way and
interpret this influence in a new work. Your challenge will be a salute one of our
Honorees. It is a great opportunity to use your own creative instincts.
Click HERE for a printable contest entry form.
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