Blount County Museum Displays

Warmer weather and blooming daffodils signal that spring is just around the corner. Another clue is the brightly colored quilt 𝐊𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐚 is sharing with the museum as 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡’𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.

Kay pieced and quilted this 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝗪𝐚𝐜𝐤 piece of art. A stack and wack quilt, she said, is “made by s

The 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 is called “𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞” and was hand pieced and quilted by 𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. It is a lovely and cheerful piece of art that reminds us of a line from an old poem you might recognize:

“The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, 

Gave a lustre o