Linda Hunter, 2021 QuiltFest Lecturer

Linda is a certified quilt appraiser, quilting teacher and quiltmaker. Teaching in one form or another has been her life. With a degree in Education (mathematics) from Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, Linda has been a substitute teacher for over 30 years. Her interest in quiltimaking opened the path as a teacher of quiltmaking for over 40 years teaching quilt classes in community education programs through school systems in Western New York, conducting workshops and giving lectures on quiltmaking. Her interest in quilting includes both past and present, antique and contemporary quilts, and she has been a certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years. About Linda: • American Quilter’s Society certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years. • Founding member of Amherst Quilter’s Guild in the Buffalo, NY area. • Former secretary for the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles (PAAQT) • Presenter of programs on cable television on quilt appraising and quilting techniques. • Finalist in The Professional Quilter magazine Teacher of the Year contest. • Co-curator of The Buffalo History Museum exhibit Quilts: Techniques and Styles (2016 - 2017). Coordinator of the quilt project involving 16 guilds that pieced and hand quilted a quilt during the exhibit. • Maker of the quilt, Windows of Western New York, Western NY Responds to 9-11-2001 that has traveled throughout New York State and beyond.

Linda Hunter Lecture:

Quilts Past and Present - Saturday, June 5, 2021, 2:30 PM, $10

This lecture includes a variety of quilts, both antique and contemporary, which will act as the vehicle for this journey through the history of our country. Included in the lecture are more than 25 quilts and quilt pieces which help to illustrate historical facts, names of quilt patterns, patchwork and appliqué designs. Quilts and fabrics made over 150 years ago and as recently as yesterday will be shown. For example: Along with several patchwork and appliqué quilts, enjoy a Crazy Quilt, Redwork and embroidered quilts, and a Mariner’s Compass quilt block made in 1840. Compare this with a Mariner’s Compass quilt made in the 1980’s. View a fabric made expressly for President Eisenhower, quilts with fabric from the 1892 Columbian Exposition and the 1933 World’s Fair. Learn what is meant by “madder,” “T” quilt blocks, feed sack fabric - by viewing examples of each. View quilts that Linda made to remember Y2K and the 9-11 disaster.