Log Cabin, Double Wedding Ring, Shoofly, Dove in the Window and Wheel of Fortune are just a few of the quilt name descriptions people should expect to find at the upcoming quilt tour setting up in Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

Spread throughout four locations, the tour will feature quilt showcases at the Oliver House Museum in Jackson, the Glenn House in Cape Girardeau, the Cape River Heritage Museum in Cape Girardeau and the River Heritage Quilters' Show at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.

The tour, which will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 26, is sponsored by the Jackson Heritage Association, the River Heritage Quilters' Guild, the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau and the Cape River Heritage Museum.

Cathi Stoverink, board member of the Jackson Heritage Association, said that with more than 50 quilts at each of the four locations, the tour will offer an array of things to see.

"I hope people go around and get a flavor," Stoverink said. "There is such a variety."

The quilts on display at the Oliver House Museum and the Glenn House Museum will include a collection of quilts on loan from members and friends of both the Jackson Heritage Association and the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau.

"It is really a cross-section of the old style of quilts," said Tom Grantham, president of the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau.

He said the Glenn House Museum will have 60 quilts. Four date back to the late 1800s. The majority of the other 56 quilts were made from 1910 to 1930.

An identification card will provide each quilt's history, including who made it, when it was made and what pattern was used.

"Every quilt has a story," Stoverink said. "They even have a story if you don't know who made them."

With an abundance of fabrics available, Stoverink said quilting has evolved to become "an expression of art."

"A quilt is an extension of its maker," she said. "Most quilts are made to satisfy the quilter's urge to create."

Alice Happe of Sikeston, Mo., show chairwoman of the Bootheel Quilters' Guild, said she is excited to attend the quilt tour and plans to visit all four locations by carpooling with friends and fellow members of the guild.

"I love seeing all of the quilts, old and new," Happe said. "I don't have a preference."

Grantham said he hopes the quilt tour will also increase awareness and interest of historical landmarks, like the Oliver House and the Glenn House, throughout the Jackson and Cape Girardeau area.

"In general there is not enough appreciate of our historical past, and there are historical treasures in our community that people are not aware of," he said. "By [the Jackson Heritage Association and the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau] working together, we are trying to expand our message to the public that there are historical treasures in our community."

Stoverink said the quilt tour will be a way for people to "step back in time."

Visitors will leave with "a sense of the past within the [Oliver House] itself and the enjoyment of seeing such a wide variety of quilts."

Tickets for the quilt tour will cost $5 for each location and can be purchased at the door of every location.

Pertinent address:

224 E. Adams St., Jackson, MO

325 S. Spanish St., Cape Girardeau, MO

538 Independence St., Cape Girardeau, MO

410 Kiwanis Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO