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Quilt to be Exhibited
November 24, 1941
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
A Quilt Club Corner column showing a charity quilt.
Quilt to be Exhibited
Mrs. W.J. Chappell (left) and Mrs. James Gilpin, chairman and assistant chairman, respectively of the Settlement School Committee for the Pi Beta Phi society, the sponsor of the Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The quilt is one of many handmade articles which will be shown at an exhibit to be held at the Women's City Club November 28.
Dogwood Design Original
By Edith B. Crumb
When the exhibit of handmade articles opens at the Women's City Club Friday, November 28 under the auspices of Pi Beta Phi, which has sponsored the Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tenn., since 1912, one of the outstanding pieces will be a quilt.
This was designed by Mrs. Eunice Weaver, director of the school and made by the Parent-Teacher association.
There are alternate yellow and white squares, the dogwood design on the yellow ones. This is of a white flower with brown tips on the petals and a green leaf and stem. All quilting is done in white and the binding is yellow.
In the beginning the hill people, whom the school was to help, eyed it with suspicion but it has become an indispensable institution and the source of livelihood for 130 families.
Ninety-seven weavers have been taught to make everything from dainty pink and white blankets, sweaters and bonnets to the traditional Whig Rose coverlets.
There are also fan makers, basket, and chair makers. One man who lives so far back in the hills that only the ambitious tourist on horseback ever finds him has made enough brooms to almost pay for the small stony patch he calls his farm.
Proof of the growth of the school lies in the figures which show that in 1912 there was but one teacher and 13 pupils. Today there were more than 400 pupils.
For those who enjoy fine craftsmanship, this exhibit of weaving, quilts, basketry, wood and metal work should be a genuine treat.
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
Mrs. W.J. Chappell (left) and Mrs. James Gilpin, chairman and assistant chairman, respectively of the Settlement School Committee for the Pi Beta Phi society, the sponsor of the Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The quilt is one of many handmade articles which will be shown at an exhibit to be held at the Women's City Club November 28.
Dogwood Design Original
By Edith B. Crumb
When the exhibit of handmade articles opens at the Women's City Club Friday, November 28 under the auspices of Pi Beta Phi, which has sponsored the Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tenn., since 1912, one of the outstanding pieces will be a quilt.
This was designed by Mrs. Eunice Weaver, director of the school and made by the Parent-Teacher association.
There are alternate yellow and white squares, the dogwood design on the yellow ones. This is of a white flower with brown tips on the petals and a green leaf and stem. All quilting is done in white and the binding is yellow.
In the beginning the hill people, whom the school was to help, eyed it with suspicion but it has become an indispensable institution and the source of livelihood for 130 families.
Ninety-seven weavers have been taught to make everything from dainty pink and white blankets, sweaters and bonnets to the traditional Whig Rose coverlets.
There are also fan makers, basket, and chair makers. One man who lives so far back in the hills that only the ambitious tourist on horseback ever finds him has made enough brooms to almost pay for the small stony patch he calls his farm.
Proof of the growth of the school lies in the figures which show that in 1912 there was but one teacher and 13 pupils. Today there were more than 400 pupils.
For those who enjoy fine craftsmanship, this exhibit of weaving, quilts, basketry, wood and metal work should be a genuine treat.
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
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