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The reason we headed to Athens, Ohio was to see a juried exhibit of quilts by members of the international Modern Quilt Guild.  We traveled to Athens, Ohio primarily to see an exhibit of modern quilts, and I thought that I would lead with that post, but the venue seemed a better introduction.  If you've been reading our blog for a while, you know that I like to quilt in the North Carolina mountains in late September.  Mark and I got to Philadelphia Wednesday night. Once we were both out of bed - much later than Mark arose - we headed out to see a number of the city's murals.  Image Credit: Photograph by Donald D. Groff for the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
We were at a museum in northwest Virginia for a few days last week, and I was surprised by what drew my attention the most: a "Contemporary Embroidery" exhibit.  We are waiting to get back on the road until my feet feel a little better, so I'm sharing more from an exhibit that I saw in February and March.  The Virginia Quilt Museum has relocated to a former barn in the Silver Lake Historic District, near Harrisonburg, Virginia.   I was just expecting to do some textile-stash enhancement when I stepped into Bay Quilts in Richmond, CA last month, but turned to my right, and WOW!  We were headed out to see old friends and their newish son, and Mark asked if I wanted to stop at any quilt shops.  We went to the Durham Orange Quilters Guild's "The Threads That Bind Us" show a couple of weeks ago.  Mark and I had planned to go to Asheville, NC on September 26th or 27th, so that I could go to the local, highly-recommended quilt show.  Mark, his father, and I were driving back from Fredericksburg, Texas when the alternator on the car went out.  (Image Credit: Mark Young)
Attending the Smoky Mountain Quilters Show in Knoxville allowed me to see a large number of impressive art quilts.  |
