Embroidered & dyed roadster needlework
Hop in the roadster and head for a quilt show featuring antique quilts.
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2018 show
Belle Mont Mansion, The annual quilt show at this museum: Antique Quilts from the Tennessee River Valley. through October 31, 2019, curated by Glenn Rikard.
Buzz Saw, Docella Wilson, Bradley Arkansas
Arkansas, Little Rock
Old State House Museum. A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans. Years ago the late Cuesta Benberry curated this exhibit of quilts from the collection, now rehung, up through Fall, 2019.
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/rotating-exhibits/a-piece-of-my-soul
Louisa Caldonia Edgman, Arkansas, circa 1873
Historic Arkansas Museum. Stitched Together: A Treasury of Arkansas Quilts (from the collection)
Through October 31, 2019https://historicarkansas.worldsecuresystems.com/Exhibits/current-exhibits
Go to their Facebook page. Here's a link to the photos they post, one a day of Arkansas objects. Plenty of quilts:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ArkansasMade/photos/?ref=page_internal
Go to their Facebook page. Here's a link to the photos they post, one a day of Arkansas objects. Plenty of quilts:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ArkansasMade/photos/?ref=page_internal
Colorado, Golden
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. In The British Style: English Paper Pieced Quilts and Antique Paper Pieced Quilts from the RMQM Collection. October 21 - January 18, 2020
Exhibit Opening Reception: Friday, October 26th, 6:00pm
http://rmqm.orgExhibit Opening Reception: Friday, October 26th, 6:00pm
Connecticut, Hartford
Connecticut Historical Society, Connecticut Quilts, curated by Lynn Z. Bassett.
Opening October 11, 2019
https://chs.org/exhibition/coming-soon-connecticut-quilts/
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Louisiana, New Orleans
Maryland, Baltimore
Maryland Historical Society. In conjunction with the exhibit Hometown Girl: Contemporary Quilts of Mimi Dietrich the museum will show some of its many Baltimore style quilts. Through 2019.
http://www.mdhs.org/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/hometown-girl-contemporary-quilts-mimi-dietrich
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Massachusetts, Lowell
The New England Quilt Museum's current show of antique quilts features samplers, old and new, plus a tribute to the much missed Sue Garman who did wonderful interpretations of antique quilts. Sue's show up till December 29, 2019.
Nebraska, Lincoln
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Whimsy. Through November 30, 2019.
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New York, Long Island City
American Folk Art Museum's Self Taught Genius Gallery. A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art. Perhaps this single quilt in many pieces of folk art. Through December 31, 2019
https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/
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North Carolina, Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
Through March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:
Pennsylvania, Pennsville
Schwenkfelder Heritage Center. Signature Quilts from the collection.
Georgia, Carrollton
Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum. Antique Quilts from the Collection of Marti Michell
Through January 25, 2020
https://www.southeasternquiltandtextilemuseum.org/Illinois, Burr Ridge
Robert Vial House. Quilts from the Depression
Thursdays & 1st Sunday of each month through October.
http://www.flaggcreekheritagesociety.com/index.html
Louisiana, New Orleans
New Orleans Museum of Art: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Five new purchases. Through March 8th, 2020.
Maryland, Baltimore
Maryland Historical Society. In conjunction with the exhibit Hometown Girl: Contemporary Quilts of Mimi Dietrich the museum will show some of its many Baltimore style quilts. Through 2019.
http://www.mdhs.org/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/hometown-girl-contemporary-quilts-mimi-dietrich
Massachusetts, Lowell
The New England Quilt Museum's current show of antique quilts features samplers, old and new, plus a tribute to the much missed Sue Garman who did wonderful interpretations of antique quilts. Sue's show up till December 29, 2019.
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Whimsy. Through November 30, 2019.
Old World Quilts. The earliest quilts in the collection. Through July 12, 2020.
New York, Long Island City
American Folk Art Museum's Self Taught Genius Gallery. A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art. Perhaps this single quilt in many pieces of folk art. Through December 31, 2019
https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/
North Carolina Museum of History, QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts
Through March 1, 2020
https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/quiltspeak
Catalog available for $20 at the museum's shop:
https://www.ncmuseumofhistoryshop.com/
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Ohio, Kent
Kent State Museum. Ohio quilts from the collection.
https://www.kent.edu/museum/news/explore-ohios-rich-history-ksu-museums-ohio-quilts-exhibit
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Pennsylvania, Lancaster
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Decorated and Plain: A Mennonite and Amish Sampler.
Up now till when?
Ohio, Kent
Kent State Museum. Ohio quilts from the collection.
https://www.kent.edu/museum/news/explore-ohios-rich-history-ksu-museums-ohio-quilts-exhibit
Oregon, Salem
Willamette Heritage Center. Stitches and Stories: Discoveries from the Oregon Quilt Project
Through December 23, 2019
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Decorated and Plain: A Mennonite and Amish Sampler.
Up now till when?
Schwenkfelder Heritage Center. Signature Quilts from the collection.
Through November 8, 2019
http://www.schwenkfelder.com/collectionsexhibits.html
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Washington D.C.
DAR Museum. A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in American Quilts
Through December 31, 2019
https://www.dar.org/museum/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibition
November 15, 2019. “Culture and Technology in American Quilts: A Symposium.”
Texas, Lubbock
The Museum at Texas Tech, Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Household Fabric of Rural America, curated by Marian Ann Montgomery.
Through December 15, 2019
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/exhibitions/2019/CottonandThrift.php
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Vermont, Bennington
The Museum at Texas Tech, Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Household Fabric of Rural America, curated by Marian Ann Montgomery.
Through December 15, 2019
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/exhibitions/2019/CottonandThrift.php
The Bennington Museum displays its famous Jane Stickle quilt annually---this year from August 31-October 14, 2019.
https://benningtonmuseum.org/portfolio-items/1863-jane-stickle-quilt/
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Vermont, Shelburne
https://benningtonmuseum.org/portfolio-items/1863-jane-stickle-quilt/
Vermont, Shelburne
Shelburne Museum, Ink + Icons: Album Quilts from the Permanent Collection. Nine quilts.
Through October 31, 2019
https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/ink-icons-album-quilts-from-the-permanent-collection/
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum, West Virginia Child of the Civil War, quilts from the collection. Through December, 14.
www.vaquiltmuseum.org
https://shelburnemuseum.org/exhibition/ink-icons-album-quilts-from-the-permanent-collection/
Virginia, Harrisonburg
Virginia Quilt Museum, West Virginia Child of the Civil War, quilts from the collection. Through December, 14.
www.vaquiltmuseum.org
Washington D.C.
DAR Museum. A Piece of Her Mind: Culture and Technology in American Quilts
Through December 31, 2019
https://www.dar.org/museum/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibition
November 15, 2019. “Culture and Technology in American Quilts: A Symposium.”
National Museum of American History, Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from the National Collection.
americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/everydayluxury-silk-quilts-national-collection
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Washington, Spokane
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Memory and Meaning: Textiles from the Permanent Collection, featuring an embroidered 17th-century Bengali quilt.
Through January 12, 2020