quiltology...

Blink—and its August!  Wow, where has the summer gone?

I’ve been really busy the past few months and my poor blog space has been neglected.  It’s time to play a little catch up here.  Life is good—even if my poor Cubbies are out of contention—and there’s much to share. 

I’ve been on the road again—hitting all the hot spots across the Midwest—Milwaukee,    St Louis, Des Moines, Kansas and Nebraska!  Are you jealous?  If you’re not, maybe you should be.  Why?  Because there’s lots of wonderful quilt shows out there and I’ve been dropping in to check them out.

Here’s my list…

The Milwaukee Art Museum is the last stop on the tour of the Winterthur Museum's Quilts in a Material World.  The show features rare textiles from the late 1700s and early 1800s.  The show is up through September 6^th. 

The University of Nebraska in Lincoln is home to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.  You might want to bookmark their web site because it really is something special with lots of historical information on quilts and their makers.

I had an opportunity to see the current show South Asian Seams: Quilts from India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh (which is up through November 7^th) and I highly recommend it.  The strong graphic elements, color and hand work reminds me of our own Amish quilts.

If you do find yourself in Lincoln, you might want to drive down to Lawrence Kansas—home to the University of Kansas—and just 50 minutes west of Kansas City.  There the  Spencer Museum of Art has a show of their quilts called Quilting Time and Space through August 29th. Curated by University student interns, the exhibit "explores cross-cultural connections through the art of quilting," using antique and contemporary quilts to represent "confluences of tradition and place."

Continue west on I-70 to Manhattan, Kansas where Kansas State University has its first show of their quilts at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum.  Pieces of Time: Quilts from K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum will be on display through September 12th.

If you can't visit in person--check out these shows online.  There's always something special to see.  Happy travels to you…