Coffee With Catherine: Quilt Program

The symbols used in quilt making often have a complicated or unknown history. We know them today as the designs that make antique quilts so special and unique. But, there are those who have long taken for granted that the symbols used in quilts of the South during slavery were used as secret messages for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. In this discussion, Bastrop County Historical Society Museum Director, Nicole DeGuzman will share stories from different quilt symbols and information about how each quilt pattern could tell a whole story to escaping slaves who didn't know how to read.