APRIL MEANS QUILTS

Arts Council members painted these two Quilt Squares
on display at the Hickman County Museum.

QUILTS GALORE IN CLINTON, KY!

April 21^st through April 26^th, 2008

During Quilt Week in Hickman County many quilts were on display in

downtown businesses, the Clinton Bank, the First Community Bank,
the Museum, the Historical House, the Senior Citizen Center,
the Library, and the Woman’s Club.

The Hickman County Extension Agency also sponsored
An Evening On the Square
picnic & walking tour that Friday evening.

The long awaited Quilt Square went up on the side of "Our Place" on Tuesday, the 17th of April. It certainly catches the eye! Danny Whitlock and Sherri Roberts did the painting. The RECC sent a bucket truck and a real expert to help us get the quilt on the building.

Thanks to the construction expertise of Danny Whitlock and the assistance of the RECC, we saw in May that the Quilt Square
is here to stay. A thunderstorm with torrents of rain and
50 mile an hour winds failed to move it.

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APRIL IS ALL ABOUT QUILTS
IN HICKMAN COUNTY
ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
CELEBRATE
A TRUE AMERICAN ART FORM
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Dale Batts' Family Quilts on Display

The Clinton Women's Club filled the Museum Annex with family quilts. Every room of the Annex was wall to wall quilts.

Betty Morrow's quilted angel nestles on Bette Chandler's striking black and white quilt.

Quilts can be coverlets or jackets or toys.

Clinton Bank was a beautiful place.

Commemorative quilt

Each square has historical significance.

Hickman County commemorative quilt

Clinton Bank was a beautiful place.

Hickman County commemorative quilt

Roberts Quilt hangs over Museum fireplace.

Tommy Roberts and Sheri shared family quilts

Tommy's office on N. Jefferson featured art and quilts

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APRIL IS ALL ABOUT QUILTS

ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
CENTER AROUND

A TRUE AMERICAN ART FORM

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April 23-28 is Quilt Week in Paducah, our big sister city here in West Kentucky. Home to the Museum of the American Quilt Society (MAQS), every year, thousands of quilters descend on this small Southern city to enjoy the artistry of quilting.

Thanks to the leadership of Rose Berry, our Museum Decorations and Display Chairperson, Clinton and Hickman County will be celebrating in April, too. Rose has trod all over Clinton and Hickman County in the last few weeks to bring as many civic organizations, government agencies and individuals into a celebration of quilting.

The Arts Council is sponsoring a quilt square on the pool hall downtown. Volunteers will paint an 8’ foot square Tulip Basket square to hang high on the building. The square will be a permanent installation. Artists of all ages and stages of life will gather to prepare the board, mask off the pattern and paint it in segments. Installation is planned for the beginning of Quilt Week.

Students from Hickman County will create individual quilt squares on poster board to hang in local businesses. High school students created two squares to use at the Hickman County Museum.

Quilts, old and new, will be displayed at the Museum, The Historical Society Building, Clinton City Hall, Senior Citizen’s Center, Columbus Belmont Park, the the Women’s Club, Library and in local businesses. A display of Tina Harper’s photographs of quilts will be in the Hickman County Courthouse. Activities at this writing include a luncheon at Senior Citizens and a Family Supper evening on the lawn of the Courthouse.

HCHS students created two squares.

A traffic stopping purple and yellow square