Reberta Hall

A Quilter's Life

We had to drive on back country roads in West Virginia to meet Reberta Hall. Ginny Guthrie Caplinger had told me about Reberta a while back and I’m so glad it worked out for me to meet her. Should I have been concerned when Ginny and her husband, Jim, climbed into the truck to take me and said to each other - Do you remember to get there? And then at a fork in the road they again were - Which way? Oh well, we have all day to get there. I just smiled and trusted them. And I’m so thankful that we arrived, had a wonderful lunch, and of course the best part was getting to know Reberta! Throughout Reberta's story you’ll hear how she loved to sing and she loved poetry. She shared several quilty poems, quilts, and pictures of her life which I'm sharing here below. This Flower Garden quilt was started for Reberta in 193o and finished for her daughter in 1951. Reberta loves Crazy Quilts. Here she is with a special one that she keeps on her couch. Here are some other quilts that Reberta has made. Her special cat, Sue Boy, used to enjoy them also. A couple of pictures of life. Reberta and her cousin. Then the second picture shows the car Rebeta learned to drive in. Notice how deep the ruts in the road were. This is the road that went past their front door. You can see her house in the background. It's now part of her driveway. Reberta painted this stool. Doesn't the design look a bit like a quilt? Isn't this collection of wooden spools amazing? When Reberta and her Aunt Pauline made these cushion covers it started her on her quilting journey. Here is a picture of Margaret Ott Somerville. Reberta exclaimed over Margaret's hands and how wonderful it was to be able to see them in this picture. The hands that made so many beautiful things for their family! The second picture is a needle book that Margaret made. The third and fourth pictures are the remnants of a bed coverlet. The work on this coverlet is so good that you can't tell the front from the back. According to oral family history, Margaret Ott Somerville sheared the sheep, combed and spun the wool which she used to weave this bed coverlet. Reberta has been collecting poems and shared these. Thank you Ginny for taking this picture of Reberta and me! Again, Thanks to Ginny Guthrie Caplinger! Check out Ginny's Facebook page: Log Cabin Country Quilts And if you missed her episode: Ginny Guthrie Caplinger