"Reading, Writing and a Rhythmic Stitch: Doll Quilts from the Mary Ghormley Collection"
October 6, 2006 - March 18, 2007
Great Plains Art Museum
Children were thought of as miniature adults before the late 1600s. As views of childhood changed, children's books, toys and games became popular. Doll quilts started to appear in the early years of the 1800s and are some of the most endearing of quilts. Made by mothers for a young daughter's playtime, they embody love and care. Young girls made them as they learned to sew. As collector Mary Ghormley observes, "Perhaps the dearest of these quilts are those on which we see the childish imprint, youthful concentration in every stitch."
Mary Ghormley's Doll Quilt Collection contains more than 200 quilts made between 1800 and 1950. Collected over a forty-year period from all over the United States, the collection is one of only a few such quilt collections in the world. Mary Ghormley is a founding member of the Lincoln Quilters Guild and was a leader in the Nebraska Quilt Project, which documented the rich quilting heritage of Nebraska and resulted in publication of the book Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers. Today, Mary Ghormley is a weekly volunteer at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Lecture, "Childhood Treasures: Quilts Made for and by Children" by Mary Ghormley, Nebraska Quilter and Collector
Recorded October 18, 2006
Length 37 minutes
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