Quilt Exhibits

Please join us in our living room exhibit and watch women working on a Victory Quilt. You can view some of the ladies’ finished quilts while you’re at it.

The Indianapolis and local area Quilting Guilds are hosting a quilting exhibition as part of the Home Front at Victory Days. Located in a 1940’s living room, quilters will work on their latest Victory Quilt and be available to discuss quilting and demonstrate their skills.

Not surprisingly, patriotic themes were popular during WWII. Magazines and newspapers published quilt patterns including stars and stripes, airplanes and V for victory patterns. Quilts like Blue Star Banners were made and hung in windows signifying that the family living there had someone serving in the war. Saddest of all were those with a gold star, signifying that a soldier from that household had lost his life.

There will also be a large quilting display, showing other popular patterns from that era. Please join us to experience the importance of quilts to the American experience.

 

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Pictured Top: Double Irish Chain Pattern

Pictured Bottom: Double Wedding Ring Pattern

Victory Days’ Home Front will have quilt demonstrations and a quilt exhibit every day, October 3 – 5. Please contact: Cora King at olbillking@comcast.net if you have questions about the quilt exhibit. If you are interested in volunteering at the quilt exhibit, please e-mail April Christle at thvictorydays@aol.com or fill out the volunteer form on this website and return to April via fax or mail. More information about the quilt exhibit will be added to this site as plans progress.