Guest Speaker: Arlene Arnold
Lecture: The Journey – Kentucky to California 1864
Arlene Arnold came to the world of quilting in 1975 with millions of others in the Great Quilt Revival for our nation’s Bicentennial. With her degree in art, Arlene entered the fabric world with enthusiasm. Using a 1”x2” picture of a Log Cabin quilt she saw in Better Homes and Gardens magazine, she drafted the pattern and being a novice and not knowing what she was doing, Arlene made enough 12” blocks using 1” strips to cover two king size beds! Since that time, she has gone on to win Best of Show and many blue ribbons for her work. Today, Arlene’s focus in quilting runs in the area of Pre-Civil War quilts to those from the Depression. She has quite a collection of antique and vintage quilts that she uses to lecture on and share with other quilters. Arlene also makes her own patterns using these quilts for inspiration. And yes, she still uses graph paper and a pencil!
When not playing in the quilting world Arlene can be found in the walnut orchard and raising her beloved English Springer Spaniels in Colusa, CA.
Arlene Arnold from Heritage Oaks Quilts will share an exhibit of antique quilts enhances passages from the journal of her great-great-grandmother, which she wrote during her journey from Kentucky to California in 1864. The Civil War was drawing to an end. Her husband and his brother had established themselves in California beginning in 1852. As a young bride and mother, she embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.
Hear Lucretia’s story and see it illustrated with antique quilts. The quilts in this collection date from 1820 to 1870.
