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Patterns of History: Quilts from the Vermont Historical Society

This is an online gallery of the quilts shown at the 2011 Vermont Quilt Festival. Because the Vermont Historical Society does not have the space to display its entire collection of quilts, we are presenting these images online so you can sample the variety and quality of the VHS collection. The quilts range from whole-cloth examples from the early 1800s to a commemorative piece from 1991. All of the quilts are documented as Vermont-made.

If you have questions about any of the quilts you see here or about the rest of the quilts in the VHS collection, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Thank you to Jeffrey Lomicka, of Jeff and Cricket Quilts, for photographing the quilts for the VHS online exhibit. And a special thank you to Katherine Poarch, volunteer extraordinaire for creating this wonderful gallery.

To view quilts in the Vermont Historical Society's collection, please select an image below.

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      • The Age of Trolleys, 1901
      • Early Autos in Vermont, 1902
      • Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 1907
      • “Number Please”: The Telephone Comes to Vermont, 1910
      • The Long Trail, 1910
      • Early Aviation, 1910
      • The 4-H in Vermont, 1914
      • Traveling Entertainment: The Chautauquas, 1915
      • World War I: Camp Vail, 1916
      • The 1918 Flu Epidemic, 1918
      • The Co-op Movement, 1919
      • Early Days of Radio, 1920
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      • Edna Beard: Vermont’s First Woman Legislator, 1921
      • The K.K.K. in Vermont, 1924
      • Walter Hard, Sr.: Vermont’s Storekeeper—Writer, 1924
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      • Memories of Silent Cal
      • The Flood of ‘27, 1927
      • Vermont in the Great Depression, 1929
      • Collecting Old Songs: Helen Hartness Flanders, 1930
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      • The Green Mountain Parkway, 1933
      • A Symphony is Born: The VSO, 1934
      • The Early Days of Skiing, 1934
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      • Turning on the Lights: Electricity Comes to Rural Vermont, 1943
      • Senator Ralph Flanders, 1946
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