Harrisonburg Quilt Along to support the Virginia Quilt Museum

Project Details

A little over a year ago the Virginia Quilt museum shared a photo of the Mary Spitzer Etter quilt at Instagram. Immediately Wendy Sheppard and Pat Sloan were texting each other that they loved the quilt.. which lead to .. don't you think it would make a great Quilt along? Both Wendy and Pat are long time Virginians.

About a year ago they wrote to the Executive Director of the Virginia Quilt museum, Alicia Thomas, to propose doing a quilt along with the pattern. She said 'yes'!

Wendy has re-created the pattern from photos of the original quilt and has called it 'Harrisonburg ' for the location of the Virginia Quilt Museum. She is using all her navy and cream scraps for a stunning scrappy version like the original. Pat is going to sew along during the quilt along using her Benartex fabric, Sleepover. Both are using their beautiful Aurifil thread collections

There is an immediate digital download at the museum, all pattern proceeds go directly to support the museum. A printed pattern will also be available soon.

Get your pattern, it's a fabulous way to use up scraps!

The Quilt along starts on Valentines day Feb 14 and runs until April 11, 2023. Sewing one row of blocks a week, then working on the border.

Pattern www.vaquiltmuseum.org/product/harrisonburg-digital-pattern

** DETAILS **

RUNS: Feb 14, 2023 to April 11, 2023 (Tuesdays)
Quilt size: 78" x 93"
Pattern required:
Schedule: 1 row a week, then the border, and wrap up
IMPORTANT
- My videos are an integral part of this sew along, be sure to watch them. They are posted IN the article each week or you can watch at my Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan?sub_confirmation=1
TIMING: The Email notice goes out noon-ish in my time zone, eastern time zone.
Quilt Photo Sharing: Share at my Facebook community or at the end of each article. You can share your fabric down below! I am using the same photo share for all sew alongs

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Details about the Museum Quilt - From Alicia, the Executive Director of the Museum

Mary Spitzer Etter of Harrisonburg, Virginia donated her family's entire quilt collection to the Virginia Quilt Museum in 1997. The collection contain 27 quilts, most of which were made by Mary's aunts, the Spitzer sisters. Their names were Sarah Josephine Spitzer (Walters), Margaret Melinda Spitzer (Jones), and Ellen Rebecca Spitzer. It is unknown if the other two Spitzer sisters, Hannah Spitzer (Brown) and Jane Spitzer (Evers), did much quilting. Of the quilts completed by the Spitzer sisters, there is a single initial embroidered on the front of quilt to mark who made each quilt. Ellen Spitzer's daughter, Irene, also completed three pieces of the collection. Some of the quilts contain blocks that were done by Mabel Spitzer, Mary's mother. These blocks were then quilted by either Berta or Effie Long, Mabel's neighbors. There are a few quilts not made by a Spitzer, yet they were still made by relatives of the Spitzer family.

The blocks of this quilt were pieced in many colors. There is Muslin backing and cotton batting. It is heavily quilted in a cross hatch design. A lavender "E" is embroidered in the corner.

** This Version is with Sleepover **

This is showing the quilt in my Sleepover fabric from Benartex. I'll be making blocks during the quilt along

Get a Fat Quarter Bundle and and 2 extra 1/2 yd pieces so you have the variety. (Per the pattern 4 1/2 yds total of fabric, i like a little more) Sleepover Fabric at https://shrsl.com/3vqtm -
6 1/2 yards of Background is from my Promise me https://shrsl.com/3wh1s