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"Grapes
and Vines"1914. 76" x 76"
Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Webster Collection.
Quilter's
Hall of Fame Web site
Marie
Webster was an influential early 20th century quilt designer, author and
successful businesswoman. In 1915 she wrote Quilts:
Their Story and How to Make Them, the first book ever published
on American quiltmaking.
Popular demand for her quilt patterns led to a mail order business, The Practical Patchwork Company, run with the help of family and friends from her home in Marion, Indiana.
Marie was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1991 and her house in Indiana, a National Historic Landmark, has been selected to become the future home of the Quilters Hall of Fame.