Quilt Quest Contest 2021 - Rogers Historical Museum

The City of Rogers celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2021! To coincide with the commemoration of this event, the Rogers Historical Museum and the Northwest Arkansas Modern Quilt Guild sponsored Quilt Quest Contest 2021 in search of the oldest quilts in Northwest Arkansas.

While we had many great submissions and several honorable mentions, we could only choose one winner.

QUILT QUEST CONTEST 2021
WINNER
Carol Douglass

Quilt Description: New York Beauty quilt pattern. The circa 1880 quilt is made of cotton with round Turkey red dyed starbursts on a creamy white background with synthetic green dye which faded to khaki color accents and with an eight-point star in each center. The quilt was once owned by a family from the town of Eaton in eastern Arkansas. Quilt maker is unknown. Dimensions are 84”x 64”.

Honorable Mentions

Bill Coffelt

Natalie McCrory

Nancy Swearingen

HOURS

Hailey Building Exhibit Galleries, Key Wing Education Center & Historic Hawkins House
Tuesday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TELEPHONE

(479) 621-1154

EMAIL

museum@rogersar.gov

ADDRESS

Hailey Building Exhibit Galleries
313 South Second Street
Rogers, AR 72756

Key Wing Education Center & Historic Hawkins House
322 South Second Street
Rogers, AR 72756

Eversole Collections Building
300 West Poplar Street
Rogers, AR 72756

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