“Golden Dahlia,” a quilt made by Veronica Engelmeier in the early 1950s and now owned by her daughter, Rose Troxel of Otter Rock, is on display now through April in the Log Cabin Museum, 545 SW Ninth St. in Newport.
The pattern, copyrighted 1934, might have come from Capper’s Farmer and Farmer’s Wife, a magazine the family received. Engelmeier made her first “Golden Dahlia” quilt about 1937 and auctioned it off at a church fundraiser. After 1950 she made a quilt for each of the Engelmeier’s six children. Troxel chose the “Golden Dahlia” pattern.
“My mother wouldn’t let us have our quilt until we had a home of our own, and I was a late bloomer,” Troxel said. The quilt arrived in 1968, two years after she married Bob Troxel.
Engelmeier did her sewing on an old treadle machine and hand-stitched the quilt pieces. The quilt has been displayed on numerous occasions including the 1976 Newport Bicentennial in 1976 at SamCaseSchool, the Quilter’s Show, the BaptistChurch and Sacred Heart Quilt and Handcraft Tea show.
Troxel has lived in the Newport area since 1953. She relocated here to continue to work with Pacific Studios, which moved its business from Baker. In 1973 she and her husband purchased the business. Troxel’s last paid project under the business auspices was in 2004.
The Log Cabin Museum is open Thursday through Saturday from 11 to 4. For more information, call 541-265-7509.
The Lincoln County Historical Society, which administers the Burrows House and Log Cabin museums, is located at 545 SW Ninth Street in Newport. The museums are free. Currently the Log Cabin Museum is open Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The BurrowsHouseMuseum is open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of LincolnCounty and the CentralOregonCoast. For information, call 541-265-7509 or e-mail [email protected].
