By Rosalind Webster Perry and Marty Frolli, Copyright 1992 Rosalind Webster Perry, Published by Practical Patchwork

Marie Webster was a leader of the Great Quilt Revival of the early 20th century. A Joy Forever– the first book of her classic patterns- features her original applique designs from the years 1909-1925. Here are her popular Sunbonnet Lassies, Poppy, and May Tulips patterns, as well as some never published before, including her vibrant Poinsettia and the charming crib quilt, Bunnies.

A Joy Forever also tells the story of Marie Webster’s remarkable career as a quilt designer, author and businesswoman. The book is lavishly illustrated with vintage family photographs and color pictures of Marie’s beautiful quilts.

Patterns included in this book:

• Bedtime
• Bunnies
• Daisy
• French Baskets
• Frapes and Vines
• Iris
• May Tulips
• Poinsettia
• Poppy
• Sunbonnet Lassies
• Sunflower
• White Dogwood

A result of the Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey by Barbara Schaffer, Natalie Hart, Rita Erickson, and Rachel Cochran, with a Foreword by Virginia Avery and Contributions by Cuesta Benberry, Bets Ramsey, and Merikay Waldvogel.

“Every woman’s quilt is like her child – beautiful.” Florence Peto

The quilts Florence Peto collected and those she made were of such high quality that they became significant parts of museum collections. Florence’s enthusiasm for life, thirst for knowledge, and love of quilts led her on a path she might not have expected as a young woman at the end of the nineteenth century. Through books, magazines, lectures, and exhibits, she shared the stories she found in quilts and created a legacy that endures into the twenty-first century.

The $15 registration fee provides attendees with access to a comprehensive quilting experience. This single fee grants entrance to four outstanding quilt shows. Immerse yourself in the vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and remarkable craftsmanship on display. In addition to the quilt shows, your registration includes access to our vendor mall, a quilter’s paradise. Explore a wide array of fabrics, notions, patterns, and quilting supplies from vendors and small businesses. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up on materials for your next project or discover new products to inspire your creativity.

Your registration also supports our gallery walks with Katie Pasquini Masopust, our inductee for 2024. Katie will provide an in-depth look at the featured quilts sharing insights into the techniques, stories, and inspiration behind each remarkable piece, enhancing your appreciation for the art of quilting.  Furthermore, you’ll gain entrance to our silent auction and live auction, where you can bid on unique quilted items, patterns, and more. It’s a chance to acquire one-of-a-kind treasures while supporting the quilting community, education and initiatives.

With so many engaging experiences included, the $15 registration fee provides exceptional value, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the world of quilting for an entire event. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate and embrace the art, community, and passion of quilting.

Saturday, July 20, 2024, 6:00pm – 8pm at Lyric Event Center, 116 W 4th Street, Marion, Indiana.

Join us for an elegantly crafted dinner to honor our newest inductee. We’ll kick off the evening with a delectable meal featuring a succulent stuffed chicken breast, garlic potatoes, and fresh green beans, complemented by a refreshing strawberry dessert. As we dine together, we’ll share the fellowship that is so special among quilters. Following the meal, we will officially induct Katie Pasquini Masopust into The Quilters Hall of Fame with the presentation of her commemorative medal.

But the celebration doesn’t stop there! We’ll open up the microphone, providing an opportunity for colleagues, friends, and peers to share personal stories, reflections, and heartfelt congratulations. This is your chance to pay tribute to the Katie and express how her work and impact have inspired you. Prepare to be regaled with tales highlighting Katie’s character, accomplishments, and indelible mark left on our community. Whether recounting humorous anecdotes or shining a light on career milestones, these stories are sure to entertain and move us all.

This induction dinner promises to be an evening filled with excellent cuisine, well-deserved recognition, and a outpouring of admiration from those closest to the honoree. Reserve your seat today so you can join us as we give a rousingly warm welcome to our newest honoree!

Saturday, July 20, 2024 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Gethsemane Episcopal Church, with Alice Ridge

In this class Alice will teach you the techniques for sewing accurate curves when piecing quilt blocks. Learning to properly piece curved seams is an essential skill for quiltmakers. This class is suitable for beginners and more advanced quilters looking to improve their curve piecing skills. You will make traditional Drunkard’s Path blocks and play with different arrangements/layouts with them. After traditional curves you will move on to improvisational curves. By the end of the class, there won’t be a curve in the world that will intimidate you!

Space is limited so register today!

Supplies and Pre-Class Cutting Instructions:

Main Fabric for Background      2 yd

•    Please Cut fabric into 16  10” squares.  You can also use a 10” Layer Cake pack for this if you want your background to be “Scrappy”

Fabric for Circles       1/2 yd

•   Please Cut Fabric into 16  6” squares.  This fabric should have a clear contrast to the Background Fabric.  If you choose a Layer Cake for your background, you may want to keep the same fabric for all the Circle pieces.

• Wonder Tape
• Creative Grids, Non-Slip Circle Savvy Ruler      (I will bring a couple for sale)
• Thread for Piecing
• ¼” Foot for sewing
• Cutting Mat, 28mm Rotary Cutter, ruler
• Small scissors, and any other general supplies you like for quilting
• Sewing Machine in good working order, clean, oiled, new needle.

Alice’s biography:

I learned how to sew and embroider by hand when I was in second grade, taught by my grandmother and my great aunt.  I got my first sewing machine when I was in 5^th grade and have been sewing ever since. I have been quilting on and off for over 35 years.  Quilting “obsessively” (as my husband says) for the last 15+ years.   I have been a Traveling Quilt Teacher and Speaker for about ten years.

Just about all quilting styles appeal to me.  Handwork and machine, traditional to art quilts. I love to try new techniques and ‘tweak’ old ones to make them new and fresh! I have a small rigid heddle loom to weave my own fabric to incorporate into some of my art quilts. I love playing with the different textures that you can get from different fibers!  I also crochet and knit, and am learning how to tat lace.  Never a dull moment!

I am married to a career Army man ( just retired after 35 yrs Active Duty !!)  and have traveled all over the world.  We have lived on 3 continents….I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve packed and moved ! 3 children –  2 daughters and 1 son.   The girls are in Indiana, my son is in the Army and his location changes as often as ours has over the last 35 years! 4 grandchildren  – 2 girls and 2 boys, all of them in Indiana.  A big Fat Grey cat, crazy and stupid, but lovable anyway.

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 1:00-2:00, Marion Public Library, Meeting Room B with Chris Moline.

Explore the history of What’s Underneath with Chris Moline. Victorian Undergarments; What’s changed and why! See the unseen frills and extravagance of all that lace. Understand the ranks of class based on what women wore- mostly hidden from view. What didn’t get used for underwear ended up in the next quilt!

Register today to hold your seat!

Explore the History of What’s Underneath will be presented by Chris Moline. Chris says: “I love appliqué! And I love hand piecing, quilting, embroidery. I love my featherweight, my Singer 201, 301, 319, serger, Pfaff 7570, Brother mid-arm and Tin Lizzie in a table! Okay, I just love everything there is about making quilts of all kinds from art to garments to bed quilts to wall hangings and minis. And I love all styles, including Art, Modern, Traditional, Reproduction; you name it!”

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Gethsemane Episcopal Church with Vivian Lemmon.

Join us for an informative workshop all about caring for and maintaining your beloved Singer Featherweight sewing machine! Often referred to as the “Perfect Portable” for its lightweight design and ease of use, the Featherweight model revolutionized home sewing when it was introduced in the 1930s. Today, quilters love this machine for its portability and ease of use. This three-hour workshop will provide hands-on instruction for keeping your Featherweight running smoothly for years to come. You’ll leave the workshop confident in your abilities to care for this cherished sewing machine.

Space is limited, so register today!

Topics covered will include:

• Basic cleaning and oiling techniques
• Identifying and resolving common issues like tension problems, skipped stitches, motor problems
• Adjusting pressure feet, needle plates, bobbin cases
• Safety best practices

Bring your Featherweight machine and the following supplies:

• Screwdriver that came with your machine
• Sewing machine oil
• Sewing machine grease, if you have it
• An old bath towel to cushion your machine
• Two colors of thread that are the same weight and from the same manufacturer
• Scrap fabric
• Scissors
• Ear swabs
• Toothpicks
• Apron (optional)
• Rubber gloves (optional)
• Any other tools you use on your machine

This workshop will be taught by Vivian Lemmon. Vivian’s Featherweight journey started in 2015 when she saw one and thought it would be fun to have one to take to retreats. That led to learning how to maintain them. In 2018 she flew to Idaho to take two classes from The Featherweight Shop. She has since serviced a number of machines as well as gained more skill and a greater love for the precision of these little machines. If you have questions for Vivian, her email is [email protected].

Create an 18″ wall hanging or pillow with a beautiful Hawaiian appliqué pattern. In this one day class you will learn how to cut out the top layer, baste it and hand sew it using needle turn appliqué techniques, while hearing about the history of these beautiful patterns. Hand quilting with echo quilting will be demonstrated so that you can finish your piece on your own.

Saturday, April 20, 2024, 9:00am. – 4:00pm.

Fabric requirements for the workshop:

Two 18” squares for the top design and the background

Fabrics should be 100% cotton, with good contrast between the design fabric and the background.  Batiks are an excellent choice. Prewash and iron your fabrics, particularly if you’re using batiks, which tend to bleed. This will soften them and make hand sewing easier.

Supplies to bring:

• Embroidery, paper cutting and large fabric cutting scissors
• 100% cotton thread to match the top design fabric (Aurifil and Gutermann’s are both excellent for appliqué)
• Second spool of thread, contrasting color, for basting
• Pins
• Thimble. A thimble will make your hand appliquéing easier. Find a good quality metal thimble that fits – it should stay on the middle finger of your dominant hand when you lightly shake it.

The instructor will provide the pattern and a good quality Sharps #9 needle for appliqué. Also, Subway sandwiches will be provided for lunch, included with the price.

Additional fabrics and supplies for finishing your piece:

• One 22” square of light weight backing fabric (not batik)
• One 22” square of 100% cotton or wool batting
• Betweens #8 or #9 needles for hand quilting
• Small quilting hoop (14” to 18”)
• Extra fabric in one of the two top fabrics for binding (enough to create a strip 1.5” wide and 80” long)

Class size: 2 to 10

Instructor bio:

Dale Drake has done handicrafts all her life, and is happiest when hand sewing. She fell in love with Hawaiian quilts while living in Hawaii as a Navy dependent, and enjoys teaching others this gentle craft.

Questions? Call 765-664-9333. Or email [email protected].

Saturday, July 20, 2024, 9:00am – 12:00pm, Gethsemane Episcopal Church with Theresa Doyle.

In this class you will learn how to make a delicious-looking, calorie-free cupcake pin cushion using felt, fiberfill, and embroidery floss. You will be able to add beads, leaves, flowers, cream puffs or even a cherry on top to embellish your cupcake. Yumm!

Along with registration fee, there will also be a kit fee of $10 payable to Theresa in class. Your kit includes felt, beads, embroidery floss, fiber fill, a beading needle and pattern to use in class and a pattern to take home with instructions.

Supplies you will need to bring to the workshop: Scissors, embroidery needle, 5 or 6 small straight pins, and a thimble, if you use one. Everything else will be provided in a kit.

Space is limited so register today!

About Theresa:

My first sewing experience was in 7th grade Home Economics class. I still remember making a pillow case and an apron!! I loved sewing and continued to make clothes for me and for my kids through their toddler years. I also made a lot of things for our home.

A friend invited me to a quilt guild meeting in the early 1990’s and eventually to a National Quilting Day workshop the next year. After seeing all of the beautiful quilts I was hooked. I’ve made many quilts and especially like making applique quilts, both by machine and hand!! Besides quilting I enjoy all manner of crafts. I have been a member of The Quilters Hall of Fame and the Marie Webster Quilt Guild for over 20 years.

You are cordially invited to join us for our highly anticipated Celebration 2024 event! This year’s quilt show and vendor mall promises to be one of the most spectacular yet.

Quilt Show: Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19, 9:00am – 5:00pm and Saturday, July 20 9:00am – 3:00pm. Come be dazzled by the stunning array of quilts made by members of the Marie Webster Quilt Guild, the Evening Star Quilt Guild of Anderson, and Quilters Guild of Indianapolis. From intricate hand-stitched heirlooms to modern art quilts, the show will feature hundreds of breathtaking pieces created by talented quilters from central Indiana. Receive inspiration from quilts of all sizes, styles and techniques!

Vendor Mall: Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19, 9:00am – 5:00pm and Saturday, July 20 9:00am – 3:00pm. Explore our vendor mall filled with every quilter’s dream! You’ll discover an unbelievable selection of fabrics, notions, patterns, quilting tools and supplies from top vendors. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced quilter, you’re sure to find treasures galore.

Admissions: Three day admission to all venues: $15; One day admission to all venues: $8; One day admission to one venue: $5; Children 12 and under free with paid adult

Location: First United Methodist Church, 624 S Adams St. Marion, Indiana

Don’t miss this incredible event celebrating the beloved art of quilting! Come be inspired, shop until you drop, and share your passion with your quilting community.

For more information and updates, visit www.quiltershalloffame.net or call 765-664-9333.

We look forward to welcoming you to Celebration 2024!

Windham fabrics has reprinted the fabric panels with Marie Webster’s designs! This floral quilt panel features prints of the Marie Webster designs Iris, Morning Glory, French Baskets, Cluster of Roses, Dutch Baskets, Poppy, Pink Dogwood, Windblown Tulips, Wreath of Roses, American Beauty Rose, Gay Garden, and Magpie Rose. Georgia Bonesteel designed the panel when the fabric series was first produced in 2009 by Windham Fabrics. The panel is 36″ x 43″.

By Rosalind Webster Perry and Marty Frolli, Copyright 1992 Rosalind Webster Perry, Published by Practical Patchwork

Marie Webster was a leading quilt designer of the early 20th century. The first collection of her original patterns, A Joy Forever, authored by her granddaughter Rosalind Perry and quilt teacher Marty Frolli, introduced these patterns to a new generation of quiltmakers. By popular demand, they have teamed up again on a second book of Webster floral applique designs, with color photographs, full-size patterns and complete instructions for 14 quilts. Noted quilt historian, Cuesta Benberry, has contributed the Preface.

Patterns included in this book:

• American Beauty Rose
• Wind Blown Tulip
• Morning Glory
• Morning Glory Wreath
• Pansies & Butterflies
• Wreath of Roses
• Magpie Rose
• Cherokee Rose
• Cluster of Roses
• Dutch Basket
• Primrose Wreath
• Pink Dogwood in Baskets
• Rainbow
• Gay Garden

Join The Quilters Hall of Fame today! Every membership level receives:

• Free admission for one year to the museum for the membership holder.
• Our biannual e-newsletter.
• A 10% discount in the museum gift shop.
• Lower fees at our annual Celebration event.

Members at the $100 level and above may request a collectible Marie Webster Cat’s Meow House.

Members at the $250 level and above may request The Quilters Hall of Fame, our book featuring 42 quilting legends who have shaped the art of quilting.

If you would like to request upper level perks or if you would like to receive a tax receipt instead of perks, please make a note on the check out page.

Your membership will help to:

• Showcase the honorees with permanent and changing exhibits.
• Provide a variety of educational programs to the public for both adults and children.
• Support our annual Celebration and induction of honorees.
• Support ongoing development of the research library and collection.
• Maintain a unique historical site. The Marie Webster House is the only National Historic Landmark to honor a quiltmaker.

This quilt pattern was  designed to feature the Marie Webster Big Floral Quilt Panel printed by Windham Fabrics for The Quilters Hall of Fame. Quilt design by Jocelyn Smith is expandable from a throw size (56 1/4″ x 78″) to a bed size ((71″ x 94 1/2″).

Required Materials

Throw size quilt

• 1 Marie Webster’s Big Floral Quilt Panel by Windham Fabrics
• 1/4 yard medium green fabric
• 1/4 yard dark green fabric
• 6 fat eighths or (6) 2 1/2″ x WOF jelly roll strips of accent print fabrics in a variety of colors to coordinate
• 2 1/4 yards background & outer border fabric
• 7/8 yard sashing & inner border fabric
• 3/4 yard cornerstone and binding fabric
• 5 yards backing fabric

Bed size quilt

• 2 Marie Webster’s Big Floral Quilt Panel by Windham Fabrics
• 3/8 yard medium green fabric
• 3/8 yard dark green fabric
• 10 fat eighths or (10) WOF jelly roll strips of accent print fabrics in a variety of colors to coordinate
• 3 yards background and outer border fabric
• 1 1/4 yards sashing and inner border fabric
• 3/4 yards cornerstones and binding fabric
• 5 3/4 yards backing fabric

Friday July 19, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, Marion Public Library, Meeting Room B with Xenia Cord.

TQHF 2018 Honoree, Xenia Cord will share with us her study of Vessel, Vine and Floral Quilt Borders. While this presentation focuses on Ohio quilts with a single distinctive border style, Marie Webster and her book lie at the heart of the research.  She singled out the “Indiana Wreath” quilt as an American masterpiece, calling it “a most beautiful example of the American quilt at its best; its pleasing design, harmonious colours, and exquisite workmanship reveal to us the quilter’s art in its greatest perfection.”  Made public by Webster, the “Indiana Wreath” quilt is one among many sharing the border design shown here.

Don’t miss this interesting study of Ohio quilts. Register today.

Distinguished scholar, caring and generous mentor, prolific author and pioneering quilt historian are just a few of the accolades attributed to Xenia Cord. Born in Norway, raised in Ohio and adopted by Indiana, Xenia is devoted to sharing her love of quilt history and to educating the next generation of quilt historians. For more information on Xenia, see her biography on The Quilters Hall of Fame website: https://quiltershalloffame.net/xenia-cord/