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Floral Breeze Quilt on Display at Log Cabin Museum in Newport
February 12, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diane Disse, Museum Educator, 541-265-7509
NEWPORT, Oregon – "Floral Breeze," a quilt by Mary Gilliland, is on display now through May at the Log Cabin Museum of the Oregon Coast History Center in Newport. Gilliland bought the block-of-the-month kit from JoAnn Fabrics and completed it in September of 2009. She sent it to Yuma, Arizona to be quilted by Judy Valentine. This is the third quilt by Gilliland to be featured at the Log Cabin.
Gilliland was raised by women who had considerable experience working with textiles and sewing. Her grandmother braided rugs, and her mother did embroidery work. Although she learned a great deal about sewing from them, Mary did not take up quilting until she came to Lincoln County in 1992 and joined the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild a year later.
A changing display at the Log Cabin Museum features historic or notable quilts. Quilts constructed prior to 1960 are documented by the Quilt Heritage Project of Lincoln County which is sponsored by the Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild in partnership with the Lincoln County Historical Society.
The goals of the Quilt Heritage Project are to register all quilts made in or brought to Lincoln County; create a photo archive of quilts with the Lincoln County Historical Society; encourage proper care and storage of heirloom textiles; encourage families to enjoy and retain these special heirloom textiles; and heighten public awareness of quilts as unique pieces of American folk art, especially Oregon folk art.
The Oregon Coast History Center, which includes the Burrows House and Log Cabin museums, is located at 545 SW Ninth Street in Newport. The museums are free and open to the public. The Burrows House is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Log Cabin is open Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Oregon Coast History Center is administered by the Lincoln County Historical Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Lincoln County. For more information, call 541-265-7509.
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