Giles County Quilt Documentation Day

June 25, 2011

By Appointment Only

The Giles County Historical Society will be hosting Quilt Documentation Days to photograph and record the maker, place, date, design, owner(s), and history of Giles County quilts.  This is being done not only to preserve the quilt's history for future generations of your family, but also for the use of future quilt historians and researchers.

Participants are invited to bring 1 quilt to the Historical Society that was made in Giles County to be photographed, measured, and information collected about the history, ownership, and design of the quilt.  Participants will receive a label to be affixed to each quilt indicating their participating in the Giles County Quilt Documentation Project.  After the documentation day, participants will receive a packet with the information collected for their own files.

Requirements:

·     Quilts must have been made in Giles County prior to 1999.

·     Quilts cannot be commercially made.

·    Any type of bed-size quilt is welcome: patchwork, appliqué, embroidery, crazy quilts, and whole cloth quilts.  No wall hangings, clothing, or quilt tops that have not been completed.

·     Documentation is limited to one quilt per appointment.

·     We will not be able to appraise quilts at this time.

·    Documentation fee is $5 to cover postage, quilt label, and costs to assemble documentation information to send to participants.

Documentation is by appointment only.

Appointments must be made in advance by calling Giles County Historical Society at 540.921.1050 between the hours of 12pm and 5pm, Wednesday through Friday prior to June 17^th.