Horry County Museum

Spring Planting Day
2022-04-09 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Visitors of all ages are invited to join us Saturday, April 9th from 9 AM-12 PM at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm for our annual Spring Planting Day. Stop by to learn about the different types of plants that would have been important to the farm family and how they would have prepared their spring garden. We’ll have a variety of demonstrations throughout the Farm including cooking, planting, activities for children, and more!
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-915-5321 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

This is Brookgreen Gardens
2022-04-06 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with This is Brookgreen Gardens. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this film explores Brookgreen Gardens, one of South Carolina’s most beloved landmarks, located in Murrells Inlet, near Myrtle Beach. History, nature and art come together in a program that is both beautiful and informative, revealing Brookgreen’s enduring importance to the Palmetto state. A distinctive collection of American figurative sculpture, education programs for all ages, dazzling gardens, rare natural habitats, a long and fascinating history—are the things that make Brookgreen Gardens such a unique treasure, nestled between the Waccamaw River and the sea.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, April 6th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2022. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Free Children’s Program at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2022-04-02 09:00 - 11:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for a half hour session between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited to help ensure social distancing. On April 2nd children will learn about the different states of matter for water, and evaporation and absorption. Children will also use dyed water to create lasting designs once the water evaporates!
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Museum Matinee: General William Westmoreland-The Man Behind the Four Stars
2022-03-30 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with General William Westmoreland: The Man Behind the Four Stars. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film is the story of General Westmoreland, an Eagle Scout from Spartanburg County, who earned medals for bravery in World War II and became a Four-Star General, and the Military Commander of Allied Forces in Vietnam from 1964-1968. Historians, family and friends remember the uncompromising values of the man behind the four stars.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 30th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2022. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Quilts of Valor Ceremony
2022-03-26 13:00, 2022-03-19 13:00, 2022-03-05 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Myrtle Beach Shorebirds Quilts of Valor Presentation, Horry County Museum

Junior Curators at the Horry County Museum
2022-03-26 09:00 - 23:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Museum! Parents can sign children up for one of four 30 minute sessions between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited per session to help ensure social distancing. On March 26th, children will create thank you cards to give out to local veterans.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.

Waccamaw Conference Keynote Speaker
2022-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Clean Water Act: PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AT HORRY COUNTY MUSEUM ON FRIDAY MARCH 25TH AT 1 PM – 2 PM
Join us at the Horry County Museum or virtually for our keynote presentation, CWA: Past, Present, & Future, from Amy Armstrong. We will be hosting the presentation at the Horry County Museum’s auditorium as well as broadcasting live virtually. We will also record the presentation and post to our YouTube page following the event. More information about the full conference can be found at 2022 Waccamaw Conference – : (winyahrivers.org)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION SYNOPSIS
It seems impossible to imagine today, but before the Clean Water Act, pollution discharges could get so bad that a river could catch on fire. In this session, SCELP Executive Director Amy Armstrong will talk about how this landmark law became a crucial legal tool to address water pollution and destruction across the county, including our very own Waccamaw River. However, 50 years after the inception of the Clean Water Act, our lakes, rivers and wetlands remain under threat due to legislative rollbacks, unrelenting development interests and climate change. Learn how you can take action to protect your waters and your community.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Amy Armstrong is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP), a nonprofit environmental law organization. She started working for SCELP in September 2002, after receiving a competitive two-year fellowship from Equal Justice Works, formerly the National Association of Public Interest Law.

Warm, Fuzzy Quilts of Childhood
2022-03-24 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Brenda Grampsas, Certified Quilt Appraiser asks, “Don’t you just love all the cute items purchased and made for a new baby in your family or circle of friends?” One of the reasons baby showers are so fun is the wonderful gift items we all ooh and ah over. Baby & children’s quilts often give us a warm, fuzzy feeling and this trunk show features many vintage/antique quilts and coverlets from Brenda’s personal collection that do just that. Join us on March 24th at 1 PM for a trip down memory lane. You may be inspired to make your next baby or child’s gift a quilt.
Brenda Grampsas is an American Quilters Society Quilt Appraiser, certified in 2005. Brenda has a lifetime of sewing and quilting experience with a passion for all things quilted. Her experience in teaching the “how to” of quilting extends not only to adults but many years of quilting classes with children and teens. Watching others catch the “quilt bug” through her shared trunk shows, lectures and workshops feeds the natural teacher in her. She is inspired by quilts from many eras and is especially fascinated by scrap quilts because of their wide range of fabrics. Brenda is very involved in the restoration of quilts. Teaching others the art of restoration has become advantageous due to the many requests for restoration service. More information can be found on Brenda’s website www.thimbletales.com.
The program will begin at 1:00 PM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Featured Quilter: Pam Whitaker
2022-03-23 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum. Join us Wednesday, March 23rd as local quilter Pam Whitaker shares quilts from her personal collection.
The program will begin at 11:00 AM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Featured Quilter: Kay Rutherford
2022-03-23 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Wednesday, March 23rd at 10 AM as local quilter Kay Rutherford shares a variety of rag quilts, long arm, and hand and machine embroidered quilts from her personal collection. She will also feature several quilts hand quilted by her mother.
Kay Rutherford’s quilting history began twenty years ago when the women at the hospital she had retired from were making totes and pillows for cancer patients. Kay decided to join the group. Her first quilt didn’t quite turn out as expected when the person who quilted it used large roses in his quilting. Rutherford was so upset with the quilt that she donated it to Goodwill. Kay then started taking classes at a quilting shop in Chillicothe, Ohio. This led her to joining a quilt group at home in West Virginia. Kay joined the Conway Quilters whenever she and her husband moved to South Carolina permanently three years ago.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

No Matinee
2022-03-23 00:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States

Featured Quilter Kathleen Armel
2022-03-22 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Tuesday, March 22nd at 11 AM as local quilter Kathleen Armel shares quilts from her personal collection. Kathleen has been married for 45 years, and has been piecing and quilting for 44 of those years! Her college roommate, Brenda, introduced her to quilting in October of 1977 when she took Armel to her favorite quilt shop, The Quilt Patch, in Fairfax City, Va.
Kathleen’s quilt journey mirrors all the moves she and her husband made while she was employed by JC Penney, and ending here in Conway, with Belk. Starting in West Virginia, and moving through Indiana/Kentucky, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Armel’s progress in quilting grew with every move, and each quilt made has a story. Kathleen considers herself a traditionalist, as she favors simple blocks and basic colors. At last count, Armel’s home has over 74 quilts in it! Almost every room has a quilt or more.
Kathleen is also one of the founding members of the Conway Quilt Guild, which was started in 2013 by the late Kim Parker of Horry County Parks & Recreation Seniors Program. She is thrilled to see the group grow from 9 members to over 70 these past 9 years and feels that her piecing and quilting has grown even more with the sharing of knowledge this group shares!
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Junior Curators at the Horry County Museum
2022-03-19 09:00 - 23:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Museum! Parents can sign children up for one of four 30 minute sessions between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited per session to help ensure social distancing. On March 19th, children will decorate posters to be used in a parade for veterans receiving Quilts of Valor quilts.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.

Judy Lyons: The Many Facets of Fabric Dyeing
2022-03-18 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Friday, March 18th at 1 PM for a presentation by local textile artist, Judy Lyons. Judy will describe the fascinating world of fabric dyeing and show the audience many techniques to achieve a variety of results. Some techniques include basic dyeing, cross dyeing, resists, shibori, ice dyeing, painting dye, parfait dyeing, and uses for your hand dyed fabric. She will also bring some of her quilts that she made from her dyed fabrics and show examples of printing on dyed fabrics.
Judy Lyons has a degree in Textiles from RIT, School for American Craftsmen. There she learned to weave, spin, and dye anything and everything fiber related. While raising three kids in Maryland, she started her first business, Sunflower Hill Dyers in 1998. Her hand dyed fabrics were sold at quilt shows up and down the East Coast as well as Houston, TX. But life, and three kids playing competitive hockey, got in the way and she had to close the business. She also taught Quilt in a Day and dyeing classes for the county’s continuing education program. In 2015, Lyons and her husband retired to South Carolina and she finally had time to put into her dyeing again. Dyeing for Happy Hour was created and she started with hand dyed clothing. Then, she started fabric dyeing again and has sold her hand dyed fabrics at quilt shows in the area. Lyons has also hosted weekend Dye Camps that teach many facets of dyeing. Her quilt kits are also sold on her Etsy shop under Dyeing for Happy Hour. Lyons also makes art quilts and enjoys fabric printing on gel plates and mixed media pieces.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Featured Quilter: Joan Wobbleton
2022-03-17 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Thursday, March 17th at 1 PM as local quilter Joan Wobbleton shares about Quilts of Valor and talks about quilts from her personal collection.
Joan Wobbleton is a retired nurse practitioner who began quilting some 60 years ago when she watched her mother in law and her sisters sitting around a large wooden frame in her living room. They spent the day hand quilting and talking. Joan made one hand quilt 36 years ago and that was her last: “I found out a sewing machine was quicker and therefore I’ve made many quilts.” Joan and her husband Jim have been involved in the Quilts of Valor program since 2010 including starting the Myrtle Beach Shorebirds group.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Museum Matinee: Born to Rebel, Driven to Excel
2022-03-16 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Born to Rebel, Driven to Excel. Part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, this 30 minute film biography tells the story of South Carolinian, Dr. Benjamin Mays.
Benjamin Mays, from Epworth, South Carolina, saw the racism and forced segregation of life around him and decided to challenge it with education and religion. Against the advice of his father, Mays pursued a formal education and rose to the top of his class, becoming Dean of Religion at Howard University, and later earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He would become president of Morehouse College in 1940, and his influence on civil rights and education for the next three decades would reach far and wide. He met with Mahatma Gandhi, led Atlanta’s desegregation effort, and convinced Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell to (secretly) sponsor students. He was mentor and spiritual father to Martin Luther King, Jr., who credited him as his inspiration for entering the ministry. King selected Mays to give his eulogy in the event of his death, a task Mays would fulfill. Interviewees include Andrew Young, Hank Aaron, Mays’ great niece Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, and Dr. Robert Franklin.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2022. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Featured Quilter Barbara Jones
2022-03-16 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Friday, Wednesday, March 16th at 11 AM as local quilter and textile artist Barbara Jones shares a trunk show with some of her unique creations. Topics will include being bold with prints and color, what to do with tiny scraps, how to have fun with yarn, and more!
Barbara Jones’ studio was once the master bedroom of her home, but is now filled with fabrics and yarns from around the world, as well as a large tv that she can watch old black and white monster movies on while she creates. She also has a variety of books, beads, a gigantic cutting table on wheels, sewing machine and way too many accessories for anything the might be needed!
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Everything Old is New Again
2022-03-15 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Countless quilt designs made by our ancestors are still being made today. Join us on March 15th at 1 PM as Brenda Grampsas presents quilts from her collection of antique and vintage quilts with modern examples of those same designs. Quilt designs we love today were loved in by gone eras. Be inspired to make your own updated version of a quilt that our Grandmothers made so long ago.
Brenda Grampsas is an American Quilters Society Quilt Appraiser, certified in 2005. Brenda has a lifetime of sewing and quilting experience with a passion for all things quilted. Her experience in teaching the “how to” of quilting extends not only to adults but many years of quilting classes with children and teens. Watching others catch the “quilt bug” through her shared trunk shows, lectures and workshops feeds the natural teacher in her. She is inspired by quilts from many eras and is especially fascinated by scrap quilts because of their wide range of fabrics. Brenda is very involved in the restoration of quilts. Teaching others the art of restoration has become advantageous due to the many requests for restoration service. More information can be found on Brenda’s website www.thimbletales.com.
The program will begin at 1:00 PM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Featured Quilter Carolyn Brackat
2022-03-15 11:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Tuesday, March 15th at 11 AM as local quilter Carolyn Brackat shares quilts from her personal collection. Carolyn is a mixed media quilt maker that creates art quilts and bed quilts. Her creations have a pivotal message with an African vibe. Storytelling is an integral part of her artistic process and her pieces are indicative of her strong cultural identification. Many of the patterns, symbols, and color combinations are inspired by her exploration of West Africa through travel.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Quilts of Valor Ceremony
2022-03-12 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Conway Quilts of Valor Presentation, Horry County Museum

Junior Farmers at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2022-03-12 09:00 - 23:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Farm! Parents can sign children up for one of four half hour sessions starting at 9 AM. Group sizes will be limited per session to help ensure social distancing. On March 12th, children will learn about indigo and design and dye their own handkerchief to take home.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM and is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526.

Embroidery Workshop at the Horry County Museum
2022-03-11 10:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum will host a free workshop on Embroidery for Beginners Friday, March 11th at 10 AM. Participants will learn a few of the basic embroidery stitches and create a small piece to take home. Space is limited to 15 people, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org.
The Horry County Museum is located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about programming at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org

Indigo dyeing workshop at the L.W. Paul Living History Farm
2022-03-10 10:00 | L.W. Paul Living History Farm, 2279 Harris Short Cut Rd, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm will host a free hands-on workshop on indigo dyeing on March 2nd and March 10th at 10 AM. Participants will learn about the history of indigo in South Carolina and have the opportunity to design and dye their own handkerchief. Space is limited to 15 people, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org.
A kid’s friendly workshop will be available Saturday, March 12th at the Farm. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about the Farm, the Horry County Museum, or programming at both sites, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Hearts & Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society
2022-03-09 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The 2022 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Hearts & Hands: The Influence of Women & Quilts on American Society. This film presents a vital part of American history, the role played by women and their textiles in the nineteenth century’s great movements and events including the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, westward expansion, the suffrage and temperance movements. The film explores the astonishing lives and accomplishments of ordinary, often anonymous women as well as chronicling the lives of extraordinary individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Willard and Abigail Scott Duniway.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 9th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2022. For a list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Featured Quilter Dot Kenney
2022-03-08 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum! Join us Tuesday, March 8th at 1 PM as local quilter Dot Kenney shares about Quilts of Valor and talks about quilts from her personal collection.
Dot Kenney began sewing on a Singer trundle machine at the age of 10. She has made wedding, prom, and christening dresses and has sewn all her own clothes and made clothing for family and friends. She first heard about Quilts of Valor in January 2020 at a charity knitting class. Prior to QOV, she had made one quilt, but now makes toppers and helps with local presentations.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Junior Curators at the Horry County Museum
2022-03-05 09:00 - 23:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
Join us for free 30 minute Saturday activities at the Museum! Parents can sign children up for one of four 30 minute sessions between 9 AM-11 AM. Group sizes will be limited per session to help ensure social distancing. On March 5th, children will decorate quilt squares to be used for local Quilts of Valor quilts.
For information about available times and to register, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org. Available sessions are 9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30, please specify which session you would like upon registering.

The History of Quilts of Valor
2022-03-04 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The public is invited to view a special Quilts of Valor display at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway, SC. A variety of quilts made especially for local veterans by the Myrtle Beach Shorebirds and Conway Quilts of Valor groups will be on display in the Museum from March 1st through the 24th.
Visitors are also invited to join us March 4th at 1 PM for a special presentation by Joan Wobbleton of the Myrtle Beach Shorebirds as she shares the history of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Fellow quilters Dot Kenney and Jim Wobbleton will also share how they create quilt kits, their fundraising efforts for the Foundation, and share examples of QOV quilts from their personal collections. Myrtle Beach Shore Birds began in 2010 and covers Horry, Georgetown and Florence Counties. So far, they have awarded thousands of quilts to local veterans. Those interested in helping Myrtle Beach Shorebirds make quilts can contact Kathleen Williams at memawssewing@gmail.com.
The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) is to cover all service members and veterans, touched by war, with a comforting and healing quilt. In 2003, Catherine Roberts, the founder of the QOVF, had a son deployed to Iraq. She struggled with how to stay busy and keep her mind busy while he was in harm’s way. As a nurse and quilter, Roberts decided she would make and send quilts to Kandahar. Each stretcher that had a wounded veteran got a red, white and blue quilt placed on their stretcher. After six years, the foundation decided to award a quilt to any veteran who served during wartime era, from WWII to present. Since 2003, the foundation, now a national organization, has awarded over 267,000 quilts.
To view a full list of programs at the Museum, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. The Horry County Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 AM until 5 PM and is free to the public.

Mini Trunk Show by Jerre Reese
2022-03-03 13:00 | Horry County Museum, 805 Main Street, Conway, SC, 29526, United States
The Horry County Museum will host a ‘Mini Trunk Show’ by local quilter Jerre Reese. Join us to view just a few of her miniature quilts and learn how she makes them. Jerre’s talk will be held at the Horry County Museum (805 Main Street, Conway, SC) on Thursday, March 3rd at 1 pm.
Jerre Reese grew up in Detroit, MI and began sewing at around ten years old. She began quilting about 42 years ago and has been doing it ever since. At first she did everything by hand but, as machine work became more acceptable, she switched to machine work. Also, because she wanted to finish more than two quilts per year!
She has taken classes with many big-name quilt teachers over the years and has tried just about every quilting technique there is. Her quilts have won ribbons in numerous shows and three have been published in various publications. She also had five quilts juried into the prestigious American Quilter’s Society shows. Reese loves quilting and enjoys sharing the knowledge she’s picked up along the way with others.
This program is free to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.
