A plethora of quilts featuring Route 66 will be displayed at the Powers Museum in Carthage, Mo., from today through Oct. 20.
The exhibit not only includes the traveling Route 66 quilt show, based in Colorado, that was at the International Route 66 Festival in Joplin in August, but locally made quilts as well, said museum director Michele Hansford.
Several photos of the quilts can be seen on a Facebook page.
More information about the show:
From Oct. 8-20, we will be open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (including the Oct. 14 federal holiday) and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. There are some extended hours during Maple Leaf Festival key days (Oct. 18-19 until 6 p.m.) and on Wednesday mornings we will have a “soft” opening as of 8 a.m. for those wanting to get an early start on their 66 trip in Carthage and beyond.
Along with the quilts, we will be featuring in the main gallery items/advertising of Carthage businesses along 66 including blow-up panels of pages from our new Arcadia Publishing book Carthage 1940-90 that features a chapter on Route 66. Items from the book and other 66 business not able to be included will be the featured postings on our Facebook page, Teachers on Route 66, this month.
(Image the 66 Drive-In in Carthage, Mo., from a section of quilt made by Joyce Sanders of Nixa, Mo., from the Route 66 quilt show, courtesy of the Powers Museum)
I saw the quilts displayed at the Joplin festival and was very impressed. Our local museum has had an annual display of quilts for several years, and I understand there is a new interest in this old art form. I’m glad the 66 quilts are getting attention; they’re a different way of spreading the word about the highway to a somewhat different audience.
Oh, wow—that’s a really nice quilt there!