January 24, 2011

I have been working for the past few weeks with Rug Hooking Magazine our newest sponsor for the Pa Quilt Trails. This piece will be hung at the Tuscarora Forest Ranger Station, Blain, Pennsylvania.

In August 2011 Kathy Wright will be releasing a book about Magdalena Briner, a 19th century central Pennsylvania native who is renown for her hooked rugs designs. In keeping with the accuracy of Briner's work, this piece will  be a rectangle. Today many hook rug enthusiasts adapt Briner designs when creating their own works of art.

This is an exciting direction for the PA Quilt Trails to take. Including another aspect of the central Pennsylvania's culture gives the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails a richness and complexity that would not have been experienced had we followed a strict direction for the trail and not let things develop organically.

If you or your group would like to sponsor a quilt, (rug or ?) square please contact PA Quilt Trails at 717-242-0874 ext. 326. Join this great movement marking  achievements of Central Pennsylvanian talented residents now and past.