Marion Cheever Whiteside
American, 1902 - 1965
Marion Cheever Whiteson married Roger Hale Newton in 1934; they moved to New York City, where Marion established herself as a freelance artist. In 1940, Marion Newton designed and made an appliqué Bible quilt for her nephew. He liked it so well that she began to design other quilts based on classic children's stories. She built a small cottage industry, Story Book Quilts, that produced hand-made quilts and quilt kits. By her death in 1965, Marion Newton's business had produced more than 3,000 appliqué quilts.
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American, 1976 - 2014