As is the case every year, the Delta Museum is getting ready to open its doors with a special exhibit this weekend.
In honour of the annual Quilt Walk and Classic Car Show, the museum has pulled out a number of quilts from its archives, dating back to the 1860s, for its Historical Quilt Walk display.
Traditionally, women made quilts as gifts to mark special occasions, such as weddings or the birth of a baby.
Many of the patterns incorporate smaller pieces of fabric from worn out clothing and served to become historical documents for the quilt maker and his or her loved ones.
One of the better known quilts at the museum is the Crazy Quilt, which was created by Delta pioneer Isabella McKee Curtis in the 1880s. She used lush scraps of velvet, silk and cotton with inventive embroidery stitches to join the patches together.
The antique quilts will be on display throughout the museum's recreated period rooms. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. until 4: 30 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is by donation.
Some of the quilts will remain on display until the end of the month.
