Museum Exhibits
In addition to the Exhibits featured here, be sure to visit the Galleries of individual quilters. Quilters, sign up today to exhibit your own Gallery of quilts.
Katrina Quilt by Victoria Gertenbach
In the days after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in August 2005, Victoria Gertenbach of Pennsylvania made this imp…
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Monopoly Era Quilts - So Twentieth Century
These dazzlingly busy old-fashioned quilts were made using 1930's-1950's style fabrics that were cut into one-inch strips,…
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String Quilts = Comfort Food
String quilts are the "comfort food" of quilting. Usually informal in design and containing multitudes of scraps, it takes time to d…
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Adorned With Fans
Is there a quilt that can't benefit from a few fans? Savor this collection of quilts that sparkle with fans. Then visit "Worksh…
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Optical Illusion Quilts
We love quilts that play with our neurological settings, whether they're the product of the quilter's keen "M.C. Escher-like" a…
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Retro Log Cabin: Embroidered and Beaded
Covered with hand embroidery and loaded with thousands of beads, this carefree log cabin quilt has a unique retro sty…
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Workshop: How to Make Fast Half-Square Triangles
These fast and easy half-square triangles will facilitate some awesome quilts. Multiple sawtooth borders, anyone…
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Workshop: How to Make a Red Zinger Selvage Quilt
Using only red squares and your selvage strips, you can whip up a dynamic Red Zinger quilt. Here's an easy tutorial and exhibit…
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Workshop: How to Make a Variable Fan
Add spice to your quilts with these easy fans. No math, no paper, no fancy shapes to cut. Create these gems "by eye." See "how-…
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Random Sampler Quilts
These exciting quilts satisfy the longings of thrill-seeking quilters! The process delights those who aren't afraid that something w…
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Groups, Swaps, and BOMs!
These group-quilt hybrids involve the work of many hands. As a result, they're like a box of chocolates; you never know wh…
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Selvage Quilts!
Here's something new for the extreme scrap quilter! Today quilters are using selvage strips to make an incredible…
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Sept. 11th National Tribute Quilt
In the foyer of the American Folk Art Museum the first thing visitors see is a magnificent quilt honoring the thousands of vict…
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When This You See, Remember Me
This quilt was made in memory of my two precious grandmothers. Some of my sweet memories include having tea, pla…
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The Humble (But Amazing) One-Patch Quilt
One-patch quilts are among the easiest quilts to make, but they can be real show-stoppers! The Amish quilters really knew how to mak…
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Still Crazy in the Twenty-First Century
When crazy quilts were all the rage in the late 1800's, many considered them not only a waste of time, but said they would…
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Abundance: A Food-Themed String Quilt
This quilt has everything from apples to zucchini! It was part of the New England Quilt Museum's "Quilted Cusine" exhibit. Quil…
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Cabin Fever: Extraordinary Log Cabin Quilts
Some quilters, like Thelma Childers, say that if they were limited to log cabin quilts for the rest of…
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