2013

Pinka, Sharon Fulton

United States

From Uncoverings 2013, Volume 34 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

Sharon Fulton Pinka is an independent quilt researcher and holds a B.S.E.D. in English from Ohio University and an M.S. in educational media from Bowling Green State University. Sharon retired as a junior high English teacher/librarian and has a strong interest in Ohio history, antiques, woven coverlets, and quilts. Her writings focus on embroidered quilts, summer spreads, and Civil War-related quilt stories. She serves on The Quilters Hall of Fame and the AQSG Board of Directors and is a trustee for the Richland County Museum. Her work has appeared in Blanket Statements, Quiltmania magazine, Pieces of Time magazine and the Ohio Genealogical Society newsletter. Her earlier article "William Pinch and the Rainbow Quilt Block Company" appeared in Uncoverings 2009.

​When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncoverings volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 2013, Volume 34, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/29/.