More than forty early American quilts from the Winterthur Museum are being shown at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in RIchmond, Virginia, until January 2, 2011. The Winterthur Museum in Delaware is famed for its period room settings featuring the remarkable collection of furniture, fabrics, quilts, and decorative arts collected by Henry Francis du [...]
All posts for the month November, 2010
“American Quilts: Selections from the Winterthur Collection” showing through January 2, 2011, at Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond, Virginia
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 26, 2010
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Slide Presentation of Best of Show Winner, Sharon Shamber’s “Mystique,” International Quilt Festival, Houston, November 2010
Here are a few slides from The Quilt Show on Smilebox of Sharon Shamber’s Best of Show quilt, “Mystique” from the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas, just a few weeks ago.
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 23, 2010
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Nancy Kerns, Founders Award, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, November 2010
Nancy Kerns received the Founders Award at International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, in November 2010, for her Baltimore Beauty, “Mary Simon Revisited”, the design of which is from the D.A.R. Museum. http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/3252 This is a Smilebox presentation from The Quilt Show.
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 21, 2010
http://aboutquilts.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/nancy-kerns-founders-award-international-quilt-festival-houston-texas-november-2010/
Houston Chronicle Article about International Quilt Festival Houston 2010
A “Houston Chronicle” article about the International Quilt Festival in Houston is at: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7281515.html
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 19, 2010
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Blog with Photos and Info about International Quilt Festival’s Exhibits, November 2010
Susan Brubaker Knapp’s blog, Blue Moon River, is well done with photos and info about the exhibits from International Quilt Festival November 2010 in Houston, Texas. You’ll need to scroll down through her two newest blog entries on http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/ to November 8th. Be sure to go to the next page also “older Posts”, to get [...]
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 12, 2010
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Online Auction of Quilts to Benefit Alzheimer’s Research Ends November 10, 2010
The online Auction has begun! It started on November 1 and will run through November 10. Support the fight against Alzheimer’s, On November 1, the online quilt auction for the World Series Quilt Challenge began. The auction will conclude November 10 so you still have time to bid. Each quilt is a 16″ x 16″ [...]
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 8, 2010
http://aboutquilts.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/online-auction-of-quilts-to-benefit-alzheimers-research-ends-november-10-2010/
Winners Posted Online from 2010′s International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
The show is on through the weekend, November 2 – 7, 2010. The winners of the International Quilt Festival 2010 in Houston, Texas, ” A World of Beauty”are at: http://www.quilts.com/fqf10/enVivo/ The Special Exhibits quilts are highlighted also. Go to the web page above and click on “Special Exhibits” and on “IQA Winners” on the left [...]
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 5, 2010
http://aboutquilts.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/winners-posted-online-from-2010s-international-quilt-festival-houston-texas/
“Exploring the Surface” Exhibit at Indiana Humanities Council, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2010
Celebrate the opening of “Exploring the Surface” at the Indiana Humanities Council, Friday, November 5, from 5-7 pm at 1500 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Phone is: (317) 638-1500. Fifteen members of Studio Art Quilt Associates are showing their textile art for the month of November. Here is a link to the SAQA website: [...]
Posted by woodhavenstudio on November 2, 2010
http://aboutquilts.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/exploring-the-surface-exhibit-at-indiana-humanities-council-indianapolis-indiana-november-2010/
“Fabulous Tee Shirt Quilts” by Caryl Schuetz
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