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Local Quilters:
Quilts:
created by the public during the arts festival in June 2009.
The Mister Rogers Quilts by the Backroom Quilters.
The Pittsburgh Friendship Quilt
was once again displayed in August 2008 and January 2009 after a 20-year "sleep" in the depths of Buhl
Science Center and Planetarium on Pittsburgh's North Side. In 1989, the 50th Anniversary Buhl visitors'
souvenir guide called this 8-foot-by-80-foot work of art a giant "friendship quilt" that has become a lasting symbol of
Pittsburgh's people and community spirit. Click here for photos and the story of this valuable historic work:
Pittsburgh Friendship Quilt.
The Pittsburgh 250 Quilt at the Heinz History Center.
In June 2008, Mildred Bosilevac presented the Heinz History
Center with a special quilt to commemorate significant moments in
Pittsburgh's storied 250-year history. The five-foot commemorative
quilt, entitled "250th Anniversary of Pittsburgh and the Southwestern
Region of Pennsylvania 1758 - 2008," was created by 23 women
representing the many quilters from the Western Region and produced as
part of the 2008 Quilter's Weekend at the History Center. It features
25 squares, each honoring landmark organizations, events, and
Pittsburgh firsts. Karen Montgomery, of the Quilt Company, contributed
much of the material used, and Barbara Thompson completed the
quilting, using a long-arm quilting machine.(Thanks to Mike Mackin, Communications Manager
Senator John Heinz History Center, for this information.)
Fabric of the Community, a 900-square-foot mural by Jackie Kresak.
This mural, painted on the side of a building on Penn Avenue in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh,
pictures a cathedral Windows quilt under construction.
The Mayor Bob O'Connor Memorial Quilt at the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park
The Heritage Quilt at the Gallagher House in California, Pennsylvania. The quilt contains embroidered
signatures of important California persons, including the founders of the city. Click
here for
more information on the quilt.
Four Freedoms Quilt, donated by members of Quiltessence Quilt Guild in Shillington,
Berks County, Pennsylvania, to the
Flight 93 Memorial Chapel in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Another newspaper article
here.