On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick near Beaumont, Texas, created a very large gusher of crude oil, launching the American oil industry.
Jo Budd of Bungay, Suffolk, England made this art quilt, titled “Oil Rig” between 1996-98. The piece, which measures 125.5” x 98.25” is hand painted and dyed and hand pieced, and is part of the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Source:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gusher-signals-start-of-us-oil-industry
Posted by Amy E. Milne
Executive Director, Quilt Alliance
amy.milne@quiltalliance.org