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Quilt expert speaks to Questers
By Susan Johnson
Some people in Sedona collect antiques without knowing much about the history of the basket or the hat or the quilt they’ve just purchased.
Not so for the Palatki Chapter of Questers, one of four chapters comprised of residents from Sedona and the Verde Valley.
Questers was founded in 1944 by Jessie Elizabeth Bardens to further knowledge and education about antiques and to encourage the preservation, restoration and conservation of historic buildings, sites and antiquities.
Bardens’ philosophy was “The powers of the mind are memory and imagination: Without memory, we have no past; without imagination, no future.”
A good example of the research and depth of investigation by members on their chosen topic was provided by Audrey Waite who gave a presentation on antique quilts during a Questers meeting on Friday, Sept. 4, in the Village of Oak Creek.
In addition to regular members, Arizona State President Victoria Clark attended as did the founder of the Palatki and Sedona chapters, Linda Starr.
Starr was a charter member of Questers in Michigan before moving to Arizona, subsequently becoming state president in the 1990s.
To illustrate her talk, Waite brought along more than a dozen quilts, each of different eras and styles.
Waite said she got into quilt collecting accidentally when she was given three unfinished antique quilt tops... read on!
Some people in Sedona collect antiques without knowing much about the history of the basket or the hat or the quilt they’ve just purchased.Not so for the Palatki Chapter of Questers, one of four chapters comprised of residents from Sedona and the Verde Valley.
Questers was founded in 1944 by Jessie Elizabeth Bardens to further knowledge and education about antiques and to encourage the preservation, restoration and conservation of historic buildings, sites and antiquities.
Bardens’ philosophy was “The powers of the mind are memory and imagination: Without memory, we have no past; without imagination, no future.”
A good example of the research and depth of investigation by members on their chosen topic was provided by Audrey Waite who gave a presentation on antique quilts during a Questers meeting on Friday, Sept. 4, in the Village of Oak Creek.
In addition to regular members, Arizona State President Victoria Clark attended as did the founder of the Palatki and Sedona chapters, Linda Starr.
Starr was a charter member of Questers in Michigan before moving to Arizona, subsequently becoming state president in the 1990s.
To illustrate her talk, Waite brought along more than a dozen quilts, each of different eras and styles.
Waite said she got into quilt collecting accidentally when she was given three unfinished antique quilt tops... read on!
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