Fences quilt, Virginia Randles; Bertha Mast

Exhibition Label: "Windmills to Workshops: Lawrence and the Visual Arts," Jul-2004, Kate Meyer Virginia Randles was one of the founding members of Quilt National, the prime juried exhibition of art quilts in this country. Originally a weaver, Randles turned to making quilts in the 1970s. Fences is considered by many to be her masterpiece. She was inspired to make this quilt by a line in Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall” in which he penned, “Good fences make good neighbors.” But Randles points out that, “Since 1978 my views have changed-the ‘fences’ will have to be taken down-all over the world.” Archive Label: Virginia Randles graduated from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1930s. She was one of the founding members of Quilt National, the prime juried exhibition of art quilts in this country. Originally a weaver, Randles turned to making quilts in the 1970s. Fences is considered by many to be Virginia Randles' masterpiece. She was inspired to make this quilt by a line in Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall" in which he penned, "Good fences make good neighbors." But Randles points out that, "Since 1978 my views have changed--the 'fences' will have to be taken down--all over the world.