(Le Mars) — Last week the Plymouth County Historical Museum featured a quilt exhibit display at the study hall. More than 250 quilts, all owned by Mary Valentine of Le Mars, were featured. Valentine says her extensive collection and
interests with quilts began with a quilt made by her grandmother.
Many of the collected quilts owned by Valentine shares the common theme of
featuring animals, with several showing various renditions of either dogs or
cats.
Valentine says there are many different techniques and styles of piecing a quilt together.
The quilt collector says there are also various styles of stitching associated
with quilting.
Valentine says she purchased a quilt through the Siouxland Humane Society’s
auction which dates all the way back to the late 1800’s. She says its
unfortunate, but quilting is becoming a lost art that hasn’t been passed on to
the younger generations.
Valentine believes as the younger generation ages, she hopes they will take an
interest in quilting. Sunday was the final day of the quilt exhibit featured at
the Plymouth County Historical Museum.
