The Burney Chapman Memorial Quilt continues to raise money in the farrier industry 22 years after it initially was auctioned off at the American Farrier’s Association (AFA) Convention.

The queen-size quilt that was made by Alice Musser, a retired American Farriers Journal advertising representative, is composed of 80 10-by-10-inch squares that came from all corners of the U.S., as well as two from Australia.

The quilt honors the memory of Burney Chapman, who passed away from cancer in November 1999. The late Lubbock, Texas, farrier was a champion for laminitic horses and reintroduced the heart-bar shoe in 1984. The shoe not only benefitted laminitic horses, but various hoof-care issues.

The late Hall of Fame farrier Bob Peacock bought the quilt at the 2002 AFA Convention auction for $4,000. Since then, Hall of Fame farrier Terry Stever acquired it from the National Museum of Horseshoeing Tools after it moved from Sulphur to Oklahoma City, Okla. Stever donated it to the auction at 2024 AFA Convention.

Scott Colson, another Hall of Fame farrier, contributed $1,000 toward the quilt, then returned it to the auction for another round of bidding. Bobby Salsbury, owner of California Farrier Supplies, won the second round of bidding for $650 for a total of $1,650. In total, the quilt has raised $5,650.

“I’m excited that the quilt continues to raise money for the AFA,” Musser says.