On Tuesday, August 2, Catskills Folk, our biweekly radio program on WIOX 91.3 FM, focused on the quilt show being presented by the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame this September. Lucci Kelly, a member of the Catskill Mountain Quilters, and Pat Cumming, a current inductee into the Hall of Fame, joined folklorist Ginny Scheer in a discussion about quilting, about the history of the Hall of Fame, and about the current biennial exhibit called "A Festival of Quilts."
The Hall of Fame was formed in 1982 with representation from quilt guilds in four Catskills counties (Ulster, Sullivan, Delaware and Greene) adding Schoharie County in 1983. Nominations are submitted to the Hall of Fame by the guilds and the inductees are celebrated every other year at the quilt show, displaying their quilts along with submissions by guild members.
The "Festival of Quilts" will take place 10 am - 4 pm on September 17 and 18 in Roxbury Arts Group's Hilt & Stella Kelly Hall, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury, NY 12474. Admission each day is $5.00. In addition to a spectacular display of quilting talent, the show will include "A Catskill Mountain Hometown" raffle quilt, door prizes, raffle baskets, Hall of Fame history books, a memorial display of inductees recently passed away, and - on Saturday - the official induction of current nominees. For more information go to:
https://www.catskillmountainquiltershalloffame.com/biennial-quilt-show-2020
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