The Virginia Quilt Museum will explore the quilts, art, and writings of Jean Ray Laury with a five month book and sewing club led by Tara Miller of the Quilt District. This virtual program will meet one Saturday per month from February through June at 2:30 - 4:00 pm Eastern time and is limited to 20 participants. The first meeting will be an introduction to Jean Ray Laury and her career, then the next 3 months will focus on a different book of Laury’s and creating a project based on her patterns, motifs, and style. The final meeting in June will feature a wrap up discussion and time for the participants to share their projects. At the end of the five months participants will have the opportunity to include their completed projects in a virtual slideshow that will be recorded and hosted on the Virginia Quilt Museum’s YouTube channel.
Jean Ray Laury (March 22, 1928 – March 2, 2011) was one of the most influential quilters of the quilt revival of the 1960s and 1970s. An artist, quilter, and writer, Laury had a quilting career that spanned from the late 1950s through the early 2000s. Laury was the 1982 inductee into the Quilter’s Hall of Fame. Her work inspired generations of quilters and artists to see past barriers and find the time to create.
Books featured in the class, participants should acquire their own copies of these books or borrow them from their local libraries. These books are all out of print so used copies can be found at different online retailers.
Applique Stitchery by Jean Ray Laury, published 1966
Quilts & Coverlettes: A Contemporary Approach by Jean Ray Laury, published 1970
Imagery on Fabric: A Complete Surface Design Handbook by Jean Ray Laury, second edition published 2010
Tara Miller is a quilt historian, pattern designer, teacher, and speaker. She helps quilters find their voices through fearless fabric play, masterful print mixing, and meaningful connections to the makers who came before. Her work bridges tradition and innovation—modern quilts grounded in history and purpose. She brings a historian’s curiosity, a teacher’s heart, and a designer’s eye for bold, unexpected combinations to everything she does.
This program needs at lest 10 people registered by February 1 to go forward. The Virginia Quilt Museum offers refunds for program and event registrations up until 2 weeks before the program. If you are unable to attend a program that you have paid for, you are welcome to transfer your registration to a friend or family member on your own. Please alert VQM to the change in registration by emailing info@vaquiltmuseum.org. If you would like to request a refund prior to the cutoff deadline please email info@vaquiltmuseum.org and include the name and date of the program you would like a refund for.
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