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Since 1976,
Judy Howard has owned and operated Buckboard
Antiques and Quilts in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Her love of
quilts developed while taking a class from
nationally renowned fiber artist Terrie
Mangat. Judy became a charter member of the
Oklahoma Quilt Guild, and antique quilts
became her specialty.
Julia
Roberts, America’s sweetheart, likes to give
Wedding Ring quilts when her family and
friends marry. Jessica Lange and Dustin
Hoffman are also celebrity clients - Dustin
purchasing seventeen quilts while he was in
town filming Rainman. |
Judy recently moved her shop home to
concentrate on her web business and to write
for God’s glory. Her mail order business
offers photos of 250 antique quilts, tops,
and blocks. You can visit Judy’s website at
www.BuckboardQuilts.com to view
her online inventory of quality quilts at
affordable prices.
Rhonda Richards, Editor, recently honored
Judy by featuring Buckboard Quilts in their
book Great
American
Quilts 2004. Many of Judy’s articles
and quilts are showcased in quilt magazines
and books.
After
graduating in 1966 with honors from Oklahoma
Baptist University and doing graduate work
at Oklahoma State University, Judy and her
husband Bill purchased and operated Howard
Equipment Company for ten years. Then,
quilting won her heart!
All three
books were awarded the Golden Seal as
Oklahoma Centennial Projects, as well as
Judy's programs and quilt show. Heavenly
Patchwork I and II received Best
NonFiction book awards in the 2005 Oklahoma
Writers Federation Inc. regional contest.
Individual stories within her books won
second and two third place awards in the
OWFI contest, plus four second place awards
and two honorable mentions in the OCWI
contest. One story appears in Chicken
Soup for the Christian Soul II. OKC
Metro Library placed Heavenly Patchwork in
its Oklahoma Room.
Judy now presents Historic Quilts
of America, and
Oklahoma History Seen Through Quilts
power-point programs
including 250
quilts from museums, her personal collection
of thirty years, and from her Heavenly
Patchwork books.
She
exhibits Oklahoma Historical Quilts like
Kristen Chenoweth's
great-great-grandmother's 1860 Eagle quilt
that made the 1889 Land Run to Indian
Territory, the
"9/11" and Murrah Memorial Quilts and quilts
from Heavenly Patchwork at quilt
shows, guilds, book signings, libraries,
women's clubs, schools, art galleries,
museums and churches and others. Judy
sponsored The Oklahoma Centennial Quilt
Contest for children and adults and offered
the collection of 81 winning quilts as a
traveling exhibit for $100. She will
publish winners in a book with their
stories.
All book
profits go to non-profit organizations that
make charity quilts. Contact Dorcas
Publishing for quantity book discounts for
fund-raising opportunities, and to order
books for Mother’s Day, Christmas, birthday
and other gift needs for quilt-loving
friends and family at: 405-751-3885, 12101
N. MacArthur, Suite 137, Oklahoma City, OK
73162-1800,
dorcaspublishing@cox.net or
BuckboardQuilts@cox.net
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