Tina Harr: Every Quilt has a Story

We’re celebrating textiles throughout the month of March at the Horry County Museum! Join us March 4 at 11 a.m. as local quilter Tina Harr shares the stories behind a variety of quilts.

A native of the Hudson Valley in New York, Harr is proud to have called Conway her home for more 10 years. Her first sewing experience was with her grandmother making nine patch blocks the old fashioned way: marking the fabric with a pen and square cut from a cereal box and doing all the cutting with scissors. The quilts they made were tied and a bedsheet was the backing material.

In 2000, Harr joined a quilt group in New York and learned about all the innovations that had happened since the early '70's, including rotary cutters, thick plastic templates, etc. Being part of the Serendipity Stitchers was something she missed when she first moved to Conway, and when her friend Patsy Ray told her about the Conway Quilters, she joined them in their second year. The things Harr loves most about the group are their charitable endeavors and being part of the Quilts of Valor program.

This program is free to the public. The Horry County Museum is located at 805 Main St.in Conway. For more information, call (843) 915-5320 or email hcg.museum@horrycountysc.gov . To view a full list of programs, visit our website.