Road Trip!
Quilt Shows featuring antique quilts.
Folsom Historical Society. The Art of Piecemaking, Quilts from Carole Gebel's collection.
Through April 22, 2018.
https://www.folsomhistoricalsociety.org/events
California, Pasadena
Huntington Library. Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection. The Fieldings' new wing exhibits objects from their folk-arts collection including several quilts. Through October, 2019.
http://huntington.org/Webassets/Templates/exhibitionslist.aspx?exhibition=current
California, San Diego
Mingei Museum of Folk Art. Kantha, 40 Indian pieces made from recycled sari decoratively stitched. Through March 25, 2018.
https://mingei.org/exhibitions/
Indiana, Lafayette
Haan Mansion Museum. Hoosier Quilts: A Patchwork of Styles.
Through March 17, 2018
http://haanmuseum.org/ExhibitionsandEvents.aspx#quilts
Indiana, Marion.
Quilters Hall of Fame. Arnold Savage: My Family's Life in Textiles. One family, five generations, ten quilters, and twenty quilts.Through May 12, 2018.
Enrolled Upon the Bed: 200 years of American Name-inscribed Quilts from the collection of Xenia Cord. July 31 - October 6 2018.
Illinois, Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago. Making Memories: Quilts as Souvenirs. 27 visually captivating and technically masterful quilts from the permanent collection, ranging from 1840 to 2001. Through April 1, 2018.
http://www.artic.edu/node/7435
Iowa, Winterset
Iowa Quilt Museum. Feed Sack Quilts. Through April 15, 2018
http://iowaquiltmuseum.org/
Montezuma, Kansas.
Stauth Memorial Museum. To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditons,
July 7 - September 30, 2018
Kentucky, Bowling Green
Western Kentucky University Museum. Kaleidoscope. Thirty quilts from the collection including a new acquisition, the cover quilt for the Kentucky project book. Through December, 2018.
Kentucky, Paducah
Quilt Week in Paducah's 2018 Rotary Show is Southern Splendor curated by Mary Kerr. April 17-21, 2018.
National Quilt Museum. New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Bow Tie. March 16 – June 12, 2018
https://quiltmuseum.org/visit/
Nebraska, Lincoln
International Quilt Study Center & Museum/Quilt House.
Made by Hand: American Quilts in the Industrial Age II. Quilts prior to 1870 from the collection.
Through April 29, 2018
Binding Threads: The James Family Collection
Through April 15, 2018
Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection. Through May 13, 2018.
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/
War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics. May 25 -September 16, 2018
Covered in Blue. A two-day immersion in the Museum's collection of blue & indigo quilts. June 14-16, 2018.
http://www.museumquilttours.com/
North Carolina, Winston-Salem
Stitching a Southern Identity. MESDA's annual spring textile conference: March 16-17, 2018
http://mesda.org/
Pennsylvania, Doylestown
Mercer Museum. Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An African American Quilt Scholar. Plus African American Quilts: From Traditional to Contemporary Through April 15, 2018.
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/benberry.htm
Pennsylvania, Pennsburg
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center. Penn Dry Goods Market includes Textile History Lectures and Classes May 18-19, 2018
http://schwenkfelder.com/Penn-Market/index.htm
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South, Carolina, Charleston
Charleston Museum. Piece by Piece: Geometric Quilts, featuring pieced quilts from their estimable collection. Through May 31, 2018.
https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/exhibits/current/30/piece-by-piece
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Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.
http://www.quiltstudy.org/exhibitions/
War and Pieced: The Annette Gero Collection of Quilts from Military Fabrics. May 25 -September 16, 2018
Covered in Blue. A two-day immersion in the Museum's collection of blue & indigo quilts. June 14-16, 2018.
http://www.museumquilttours.com/
North Carolina, Winston-Salem
Stitching a Southern Identity. MESDA's annual spring textile conference: March 16-17, 2018
http://mesda.org/
Pennsylvania, Doylestown
Mercer Museum. Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, An African American Quilt Scholar. Plus African American Quilts: From Traditional to Contemporary Through April 15, 2018.
http://museum.msu.edu/museum/tes/benberry.htm
Pennsylvania, Pennsburg
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center. Penn Dry Goods Market includes Textile History Lectures and Classes May 18-19, 2018
http://schwenkfelder.com/Penn-Market/index.htm
South, Carolina, Charleston
Charleston Museum. Piece by Piece: Geometric Quilts, featuring pieced quilts from their estimable collection. Through May 31, 2018.
https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/exhibits/current/30/piece-by-piece
Texas, LaGrange
Texas Quilt Museum. Antique Indigo Quilts from the Poos Collection. 25 examples of 19th-century treasures. Through April 1, 2018
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
Utah, Brigham City
Brigham City Museum. Vintage Quilt Exhibition from the community. Through April 13, 2018.
http://brighamcity.utah.gov/museum-schedule-of-exhibits.htm
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United Kingdom, Bath England
American Museum. The Quilters Guild tells us their 1718 Coverlet will be shown from April 10-29, 2018.
http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/news/view/an-opportunity-to-see-the-1718-coverlet-at-foq-and-bath
Vermont, Essex
Vermont Quilt Festival. This year's show of 50 antique quilts is Stars, Stars, Stars! curated by Sharon Waddell. June 22-24, 2018
Vermont, Marshfield
Marshfield School of Weaving. The Textile History Forum July 27-29, 2018.
http://thistlehillweavers.com/
Texas Quilt Museum. Antique Indigo Quilts from the Poos Collection. 25 examples of 19th-century treasures. Through April 1, 2018
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
Utah, Brigham City
Brigham City Museum. Vintage Quilt Exhibition from the community. Through April 13, 2018.
http://brighamcity.utah.gov/museum-schedule-of-exhibits.htm
United Kingdom, Bath England
American Museum. The Quilters Guild tells us their 1718 Coverlet will be shown from April 10-29, 2018.
http://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/news/view/an-opportunity-to-see-the-1718-coverlet-at-foq-and-bath
Vermont, Essex
Vermont Quilt Festival. This year's show of 50 antique quilts is Stars, Stars, Stars! curated by Sharon Waddell. June 22-24, 2018
Vermont, Marshfield
Marshfield School of Weaving. The Textile History Forum July 27-29, 2018.
http://thistlehillweavers.com/
Virginia, Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.
Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home, 1700-1820 includes a few quilts (one with a John Hewson panel) and a lot of early fabric. Through 2018.
A Century of African-American Quilts features twelve quilts from the collection dating from 1875. Through May, 2018.
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/do/art-museums/rockefeller-museum/century-of-quilts/