Oconee Public Library Westminster Branch, 112 W. North Ave.

#4 Card Trick

Quilter Mary Dee Rudy

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The quilter Mary Dee Rudy shared“My first qu ilting experience was through lessons taught by a neighbor. We were a group of six and completed a crib sampler quilt in six weeks, all hand pieced and quilted. I was hooked! I made my first Card Trick quilt in a queen size for my son a few years ago, in masculine colors of burgundy, gold, green and beige. I have given up hand piecing, using my machine instead, but I still love to hand quilt."

Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns says that Card Trick was designed in the 1970s by Jeffrey Gutcheon and published in McCall’s Quilting Magazine. Beth and Jeffrey Gutcheon were quilt book authors they wrote The Perfect Patchwork Primer, and Quilt Design Workbook which is an innovative and influential book on contemporary quilting.

The Oconee County Public Library was first established in May of 1948. The first library opened in October of that year in the old courthouse annex in Walhalla, SC. A bookmobile was also purchased and began operation in that same year. The Westminster branch was established in 1950.

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