Note: My brain is tired, so I will add more program notes after some rest on this cozy, rainy Easter Sunday afternoon. Nap time! Please check back lager for more references and links that I shared during the program in Tuscaloosa!
Blog Posts about this program: here and here and here
Program: Historic Quilts in the Collection of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution PLUS Historic Quilts of Alabama and Mississippi
Program Date: April 11, 2009
Program Location: West Alabama Quilters Guild, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Program Description: A fast-paced around-the-world look of the evolution of quilting from utilitarian purposes to works of art presented as a timeline with photographic examples including:
-the documented appearance of various quilt patterns
-technological advances in the production of textiles, including materials, dyes and printing processes
-trends in styles and fashions through the decades with applicable mention of political and economic influences
-examples of historic and contemporary quilts from Alabama and Mississippi in museums around the country
-a brief look at the impact of the documented quilt surveys in the country since Kentucky's first historic quilt survey, and the impact that has had on the preservation and evolution of quilting as an art form.
-a brief look at the economic growth of quilting and fabric production as an industry world wide and emerging trends in quilting around the world.
Partial Bibliography: The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 by Roderick Kiracofe and Mary Elizabeth Johnson (Clarkson Potter, 2004) ISBN-13: 978-1400080960
The Arts of Independence: The DAR Museum Collection: Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0960252855
A Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions 1634 - 1934, Gloria Seaman Allen & Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn (Rutledge Hill Press, 1995) ISBN 1-55853-341-9
Mississippi Quilts, Mary Elizabeth Johnson for the
Mississippi Quilt Association ; photography by J.D. Schwalm. Jackson, MS :
(University Press of Mississippi, 2001) ISBN-13: 978-1578063581 Southern Quilts: Surviving Relics of the Civil War by Bets Ramsey and Barbara Brackman (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998) 1-55853-598-5 160
Other Resources Mentioned in the program: Pattern for Mary Manakee Baltimore Album Quilt, reproduced by the Baltimore Album Society:
Pattern for Mary Simon Baltimore Album Quilt, reproduced by the Baltimore Album Society;
Internet Links:
Baltimore Album Society
If Quilts Could Talk
Marshall County Landfill Quilt Rescue Article
Mary Manakee Baltimore Album Quilt: collection of NSDAR Museum, Washington, D.C.
Mary Simon Baltimore Album Quilt: collection of NSDAR Museum, Washington, D.C.
Mississippi Quilt Association
Southern Quilt Trail (Georgia)
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