Poquoson Museum Vice President Georgia McDaniel came up with the idea in 2003 of creating a campaign to construct a wood carver's quilt. A wood carver's quilt is a patch work of small blocks of wood that are attached to a backboard and arranged within a frame. Doing this allows the blocks of carved wood to take on the appearance of a quilt. Various types of wood are used, such as ash, maple, cherry, walnut, and pine to name a few. The carvings themselves are artfully created by inscribing text, designs, or outlined forms in a surface and/or raising modeled shapes from a surface. There are numerous carving techniques employed by carvers. Among those are chip carving, relief carving, wood burning and magnifying glass burning.

The museum's quilt is made up of thirty (30) six by six inch wood blocks of various types of wood and displays a variety of different talents among the carvers. Once Georgia had collected the blocks from local carvers, Charlie, her husband, and Billy Hopkins assembled the blocks and constructed the frame. The quilt will be on display at the museum for all visitors to enjoy when the museum opens.