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This quilt square has sliding doors on the barn; a photo was taken with it open and also with it closed
Subject of Square:
Leavitt Barn
Quilter’s Name:
Kathy Muxie
Background on subject:
The Leavitt Barn was moved from Lafayette
Road in Hampton [more precisely from its location on Drakeside Rd (behind the Sanders & McDermott building on the north-west corner of Lafayette Road and Drakeside Road in Hampton)] to its current location in 2004. It was originally built
around 1796 and was in excellent shape. It was completely dismantled
and then reassembled at the Tuck Museum grounds over the next four
years when it was opened to the public in 2008.
Why you chose this subject:
The many aspects of the history of
Hampton can be displayed in the barn, and it is topped by a weathervane
in the form of a saw to represent the historical industries of Hampton.
Thoughts on your representation/design/color choices/etc.:
In my quilt square of the
barn, I chose to have the barn doors
open and close and show the actual
interior of the barn.
What you hope this quilt will mean for the people who see it:
What
this represents to me is the power of our past and I hope that people
viewing both the quilt and the barn will appreciate the work that was
done.
Quilt Square 01-04 - Leavitt Barn
