So, when a Colonial Revival quilter was making a quilt, she wasn’t looking at a real colonial object. Instead, for example, the exhibition’s four-block quilts with colonial imagery of vines and cherry ...
The American Quilt Legacy case features pieces from the museum's collection on a rotating basis. Colonial Quilting Bee Quilt: Mary Gasperik of Chicago, Illinois, made this cotton applique quilt in the ...
Bright colors, unexpected combinations of fabrics and asymmetrical patterns are attracting new attention to African-American quilts in an exhibit that opened Saturday at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Visit Williamsburg recently announced The Great American Birthday Quilt Project in order to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday. The project allows people from across the ...
One of the world’s most collected antiques is also one of the coziest. As winter comes on full steam ahead, all of us are seeking to cuddle up with a hot cup of tea under a warm quilt. Happily, ...
The exhibition is divided into five sections -- four-block quilts, quilts made to look like the woven coverlets that were used on beds in the 1700s and early 1800s, quilts that draw on needlework ...