Story Quilts to be Exhibited at Galveston Historical Foundation’s U.S. Custom House

Fabric tells a story with Galveston Historical Foundation’s summer quilt exhibit, running July 11 through September 30, in GHF’s U.S. Custom House, 502 20th Street. The latest GHF exhibit highlights story quilts and can be viewed Monday – Friday from 9 am – 5 pm (closed Labor Day). The summer exhibit will feature quilts by Peggy Baldwin-Clayton, her teacher Mary Lou Weidman and friends.

Peggy Baldwin-Clayton moved to Galveston in 1989 to become director of the Galveston County Unit of the American Red Cross. Since then, she has spent almost 3 years as the Executive Director of the Ronald McDonald House of Galveston, 8 years with Seaborne Challenge Corps leaving as its director. In March, she retired from the Executive Director position for Bay Area Habitat for Humanity. Upwards of 20 of her quilts will be on display.

Also on display are several quilts made by teacher, Mary Lou Weidman. Mary Lou is the author of 5 quilt books published by Martingale and C&T and her latest one-person show just closed at the LaConnor Quilt Museum in Washington State. She designs fabric for Benertex, and has taught quilting in every state but two, as well as Canada and eight other countries. Her newest book, written with Mel B. McFarland, is Out of the Box Easy Blocks—Free and Easy Piecing. It will be released the same day as the opening of the Galveston show—July 11.

Included in the exhibit are quilts from other students of Mary Lou, coming from as far away as California just for this show. The quilts are dense with details and memories, large-scale canvases celebrating quilters’ lives in bold, bright colors

For more information on Galveston Historical Foundation's quilt exhibit, please visit call 409-765-7834.