Artist Bio:
Denise Rocheleau Nordberg is a prize-winning quilter, teacher, independent scholar, former guild president and author. In 1982 she became a member of The Pennsylvania Quilters Quilt Guild where she served as president for two terms. She has been a member of the AQSG (American Quilt Study Group) an organization of quilt scholars for the past 15 years. Interested in the history of quilting, she studied antique quilts, developed her own patterns and taught in Northeastern Pennsylvania as well as in Virginia, and Maryland for over 20 years. In 1997, she and two friends published SAVED FOR THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, a book about the quilts in the collection of The State Museum of Pennsylvania.

Item Description:
"Threshhold" - 32 1/2 x 44 machine pieced and quilted by Denise Rocheleau Nordberg. This quilt was made as a study quilt. The original is a late nineteenth century quilt owned by quilt historian Barbara Brackman. The name "Threshhold" comes from the construction design. The fabric blocks are surrounded by sashings which include white pieces that, when sewn together, make stars. So the design is in the threshold of the block. Reproduction period fabric was used and the simple machine quilting is also typical of the period.