Everett Drevs of Estherville had his pattern selected from a number submitted from around the county for a quilt mosaic that graces the outside of the center. The mosaic actually includes two copies of 102 different patterns, one for every county in Iowa plus one additional for Cherokee, Keokuk and Black Hawk counties, which Drevs said have two county fairs each. Later, his mother, Beulah Drevs, was staying with him and cut pieces from dresses once worn by Drevs’ four daughters for a quilt she wanted to make. They included one by his wife’s grandmother, Winnie Doolittle, started in the 1930s or 1940s; one by his wife’s other grandmother, Della Shields, in the 1950s; one by his wife’s mother, Vila Doolittle; one by his grandmother, Cora Harmes, started in the 1930s and one by his sister-in-law’s grandmother Pride started in the 1930s or 1940s. So, between finishing heirloom quilts by family members and starting his own which were inspired by antique patterns, Drevs has produced quite a collection of quilts. The quilt pattern Drevs submitted for the exhibit at the Jacobson Exhibition Center is a double pinwheel on an octagon inspired by a 1940s pattern.

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