Sets and Sashings for Quilts
Phyllis D. Miller has been making quilts since the summer of 1968. She has made numerous quilts and wallhangings since that beginning. Her quilts have been exhibited and won awards on the local, state, and national levels. Phyllis graduated from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, in 1963 with a B.S. in business administration. She is well known in the quilt world as a teacher and for her organizational abiltities. She is an active supporter and member of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and is currently the museum and archives committee chairman. In this capacity, she oversees the Kentucky Quilt Registry which is an ongoing documentation project. Her duties in this position include training volunteers to register the quilts of Kentucky at Quilt Registry days that are held in the counties of the state. She is past president of the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society and was the editor of the KHQS newsletter. She is the founder of the Kentucky Heritage Applique Society, a KHQS auxillary group. Phyllis feels that one of her most rewarding accomplishments was starting Quilter's Day Out in Kentucky so that quilters would have one day each year when they could be together. This was a way to bring a statewide organization to the quilters. This day of celebration was later declared National Quilting Day by the National Quilting Association and is now celebrated around the world. She is a member of the National Quilting Association and is a past first vice president and assistant treasurer. She was president and treasurer of the Murray Quilt Lovers and is a member of the Paducah Quilt 'n Sew On group. Phyllis's favorite parts of quilting are designing the quilt and choosing an appropriate design for the quilting of the piece. She promotes using creative and innovative quilting designs to make every quilt unique. She makes both traditional and contemporary quilts, often combining both ideas in one quilt.