- The building of a postage stamp coverlet involves literally the stitching back together hundreds to thousands of pieces that outcome in a pile of a in. block pieces. The postage stamp pattern allows the quilter to use the final really tiny bits of textile left from other projects. The final pattern might change from the pointless to a minute programmed design. The simple credentials is really simple. The quilter has usually to cut all in to tiny squares. The standard a in. block requires slicing all of the pieces a and a half inches in size. Whil apt simple, the pattern demands sufficient calm and time. The tiny size of the tools requires a lot of sewing together of pieces.
On manifestation in the principal art studio of the Grady County Museum is a pleasing e.g. of a prejudiced postage stamp quilt. It has a definite pattern steady over the coverlet involving usually two colors, white and purple. The whole coverlet is not done of postage stamp pieces. Small pieces of white and purple form a nine-patch and the rags are related by a block of white of the same size. A white backing and purple contracting complete the quilt. The many critical underline about the Museum's coverlet is that the pieces are usually three/fourths of an in. square. All of the stitching of the pieces and the on the whole quilting! of the layers together have been finished by hand. The coverlet came to the Museum from the Esther Yale Estate.
The coverlet is usually manifestation in a chair from the Rock Island Depot. Sitting on tip of the coverlet ready to go in white and purple is "Oneita the 1945 World War II XMas Doll" from Margaret Frey. The doll has on boots with drum skates whose wheels still function.
While in the Museum be certain to perspective the Native American art work from Jerome Bushyhead and Oheltoint of the Cheyenne and Kiowa Tribes. These pieces are in the principal art studio in the core cases.
Volunteers are the fortitude of all non-profit groups. The Grady County Museum relies on volunteers to acknowledge the visitors and watch over the displays on Monday by Friday when the Museum is open. Volunteer for two and a half hours at a time weekly, every two weeks, or monthly. Select sunrise or afternoon and revisit the Crazy 8 Café for lunch before or after your scheduled time. Sme volunteers or "docents" find that it is a great time to revisit special friends or to mix with other actions with the friends by volunteering together. Contact Pat at the Museum to scrutinise about portion as a of the "Museum Docents".
The Grady County Museum is open M-F from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and it is located in Historic Downtown Chickasha, OK in the "Dixie" Building at 415 W. Chickasha Avenue.
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