Maxine Groves, a fifth-generation quilter from Roane County, West Virginia, was taught how to quilt by her mother and grandmother. Now living in Adams County, Ohio, Groves has earned quite a bit of regional renown for her quilting. Her numerous honors and awards include an Ohio Arts Council Master Apprentice award in 1999, several awards from the annual Shawnee University Quilt Exhibits, and the Key to the City of Ashland, Kentucky. She has shown her work in shows and exhibitions throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and she has lectured about quilts and participated in several demonstration and teaching workshops at festivals. Between April-December 2008, she was the featured artist at the Bob Evans Farm and Heritage Museum in Rio Grande, Ohio; more than 50 of her quilts were displayed. Groves was the inspiration for the National Quilt Trail public art program started in 2001 by her daughter Donna Sue Groves.