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The handmade quilt shown below was created by a team of quilters from Hampton to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Hampton Historical Society. The purpose of the quilt was to highlight just some of the interesting and educational items that are behind the door of the Historical Society depicted at the very top of the quilt. The quilt squares represent the Tuck Museum grounds and buildings, pieces that are on display in the museum, and locations in Hampton of historical interest.
After 2025 the quilt became an exhibit in the museum. For these website pages about the new quilt exhibit (which you are now viewing), the quilt was rephotographed in high resolution and the webpages coded in standard website format (HTML). You can see the original quilt website pages from the time of the 2025 Anniversary in the website's Quilt Archive area, where PDFs were used to show the original documents that were printed for the documentation that accompanied the quilt as it was displayed in various places around Hampton.
The info below is unchanged from the original description of how the quilt was made.
Each quilter selected their own square and used the materials, techniques, and perspective of their choosing. The materials used include cotton, silk, felt and wool and the quilt is hand-tied. The quilters were free to interpret and express their subject in whatever manner they chose. As just a few examples of that interpretation and expression, there are documents coming out of the Dow trunk, seagulls flying over the beach cottage, a look inside the Leavitt barn, a ship approaching Viking rock, and a spooky sky behind Goody Cole! As you can see, the result is that each square has its own unique design.
The quilt team is proud of their creation and their hope is that visitors will enjoy seeing it as much as they enjoyed making it and that it will inspire further interest in the history of Hampton that’s on display at the Hampton Historical Society.
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