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Special Events and Projects

I participate in a number of special events and projects around the Pacific Northwest promoting quilt history, quilt construction, and the use of quilts as important documents to discover the personal history of both men and women.

My presentations were included in panels for the American Association of State and Local History, the 5th Women’s West Conference, and the Western Association of Women’s History.

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I presented benefit programs for the Oregon Symphony Association and the Dougy Center for Grieving Children, where I have worked with staff and other volunteers to create fundraising activities.

I developed special events to accompany two of the exhibitions I created. One was a symposium on Methodist quilts featuring three speakers and a sharing of church-made quilts. The other was a Veterans’ Day event to coincide with the exhibition Quilts:Heirlooms from the Homefront.

Two special quiltmaking projects remain as special memories. First, creating the props and quilt for the Quilters' play when Artists Repertory Theater presented the play in Portland in the mid-1980s. I coordinated the group of quilters who stitched the blocks and legacy quilt for that production. This was one of the first productions after the play became available for performances by local companies.

The second was the creation of the Commemorative Quilt for the 150th Anniversary of the Oregon Trail Wagon Train. I selected the fabrics, designed the project, and recruited the quilters to assist. Sections of the pieced parts were sent out on the wagon train for participants to sign as they completed their day on the trail. After the wagon train reached Oregon City, the quilt was assembled and quilted in a three-day celebration. It is the only public record of everyone who participated on that special commemoration of the Oregon Trail pioneers.

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