#earlyamericanquilts

[professorpski]

This show opens on Saturday, September 16th in Washington DC, but it was organized by the American Folk Art Museum of New York. Part of the exhibition is what they call a Community Quilt. And the curators explained "Visitors to the exhibition are invited to contribute to our community quilt. Stitch a place in the cartography of Washington, D.C., that holds special significance for you." I am not sure how that will work but I am intrigued.

I am primarily a dressmaker, not a quilter, but I have been inspired by beautiful colors and shapes in quilts. This show offers up traditional early-American quilts up to contemporary quilts. Click through to see m ore info and for some pictures.

[icartant]

A very large (96" x 100") linsey woolsey quilt (tan and brown) with a light diamond stitching 1" x 1". A blue crossstitch monogram. c.1800 (?). #linseywoolsey #linseywoolseyquilt #earlyamericanquilt @iowacityart (at Iowa City Art & Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfQJR9_uESQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=