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The museum is recognized by USA Today as one of the world's top quilt displays. [1] [2] This textile museum supports local and expert quilters by providing workshops and other educational activities. [3] The National Quilt Museum was established by Bill and Meredith Schroeder of Paducah and opened to the public on April 25, 1991.
The Quilt National is a juried biennial exhibition of contemporary quilt art, first held in 1979. The primary exhibition is held at the Dairy Barn Art Center in Athens, Ohio in odd-numbered years. The exhibition includes between 80-90 quilts. After the conclusion of the Quilt National, selections of the exhibits also tour the country.
The Marie Webster House, also known as George Webster Jr. and Marie Daugherty House, is a historic house at 926 South Washington Street in Marion, Indiana.Built in 1905, it was the home of quilter Marie Webster (1859-1956) from 1909 until 1942, and is now home to the Quilters Hall of Fame.
Turnbow is a quilt judge and teacher certified by the National Quilting Association. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] He has been a judicial fixture in a multitude of quilting and craft events since the 1980s. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] In 1988, Turnbow and Betty Boyink founded and curated the Hoffman Challenge, [ 1 ] a national contest of quilted wall hangings, clothing, and ...
The Quilt Index Wiki which became live in August 2008, is a collaborative, user-generated tool for quilters and quilt scholars featuring information about state and provincial quilt documentation projects, including publication lists and locations where records are housed. The wiki also provides an expanding directory of museums with quilt ...
Susan Hudson (born 1957 or 1958) is an American and Navajo Nation quilter. A 2024 National Heritage Fellow , she works on ledger art quilts with historical narratives, focusing on Navajo history. Biography
Sunbonnet Sue Goes To The Quilt Show. Hightstown, NJ: Quilt Digest/ McGraw Hill. 1985. ISBN 0913327107. No Dragons on My Quilt (with Ritva Laury and Lizabeth Laury). Paducah, KY: American Quilters Society. 1990. ISBN 0891459685. Ho For California!: Pioneer Women and Their Quilts. California Heritage Quilt Project, E.P. Dutton. 1990. ISBN ...
Marie Daugherty Webster (July 19, 1859 – August 29, 1956) was a quilt designer, quilt producer, and businesswoman, as well as a lecturer and author of Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them (1915), the first American book about the history of quilting, reprinted many times since.