In celebration
of Hattiesburg, Mississippi's $6
million library built in 1996,
Pine Belt Quilters created a quilt
to hang in the children's section.
Architectural design elements from
the building were used in the background
and borders, and storybook characters
peek out of windows.The characters
or books depicted are Madeline,
Elizabeth Brown (from The
Library),
Bear, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger,
Piglet, Strega Nona, Velveteen
Rabbit, Gingerbread Man, Mike Mulligan
and His Steamshovel, Cat in the
Hat, Frog and Toad, Babar, and
Curious George.
The quilt was designed
and assembled by Martha Ginn and
appliqued by Martha, Frances Graham,
Ellen Hall, Sarah Farris, Rosalie
Schoell, and Betty Tudor, and quilted
by Martha and six other quilters.
The quilt was juried into the IQA
show in Houston in 1997. It hangs
in the Children's Wing of the Library
in Hattiesburg.