bergencountyquilts6 days ago1 minBrackman on Birds, Pomegranates, and SpidersQuilt historian Barbara Brackman has written four articles on the chintz fabric used in the Hinsdale Tree of Life Quilt from the Mahwah M...
bergencountyquiltsJul 312 minQuilts and StockingsPeggy W. Norris You may wonder what quilts and stockings could possibly have to do with each other. The stockings helped to establish pr...
bergencountyquiltsJul 243 minThe Begets and Begats of the Henrietta Haring Coverlet, Part 2Kay Yeomans How did Henrietta Haring’s coverlet find its way to the Hopper family? It took us a while to find the right direction, althou...
bergencountyquiltsJul 173 minThe Begets and Begats of the Henrietta Haring Coverlet, Part IKay Yeomans, Upper Saddle River Historical Society One of the most meaningful donations to Upper Saddle River’s Hopper-Goetschius House M...
bergencountyquiltsJul 102 minQuilt MemoriesDiane Mateo, the newest member of our team, shares about her family quilts. What I love most about quilts, embroidery, and other needlewo...
bergencountyquiltsJul 33 minVicky: the Non-quilter's StoryLet me start my story by making a confession: I am not a quilter! Sadly, my needle skills are limited to being able to sew on a button, a...
bergencountyquiltsJun 262 minLabors of LoveI (Marion) come from a long line of women who made their living as seamstresses. Not from my mother but from her sisters, her mother, her...
bergencountyquiltsJun 192 minDacey's storyGrowing up I snuggled under handmade quilts without recognizing what they represented: the labor, the creativity and the history. Neither...
bergencountyquiltsJun 121 minArtist Faith RinggoldThe Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show Committee members have decided to widen the scope of the blog to include our musings on local h...
bergencountyquiltsApr 291 minDate ChangedThe Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show will now be June 11 and 12 of 2021. Given the current pandemic, we would not have had time to ...
bergencountyquiltsFeb 211 minVisit to Historical Society of Rockland CountyRockland County, New York, is right next door to Bergen County, New Jersey, and many extended families lived on both sides of the border....
bergencountyquiltsJan 101 minWebsiteIn addition to following us on this blog, our home page has all the basic information about the Show. This will be updated as we get clo...
bergencountyquiltsJan 91 minVisiting the Hopper-Goetschius HouseWe visited the Hopper-Goetschius House, home of the Upper Saddle River Historical Society, on January 3 to review their quilts. There we...
bergencountyquiltsDec 31, 20191 minVisit to the Schoolhouse MuseumWe've been to eight other museums, but haven't visited our own! Today we reviewed the quilt collection of the Ridgewood Historical Socie...
bergencountyquiltsSep 11, 20192 minMeet the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show TeamFive members of the Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River Historical Societies are planning the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show. Kay an...