Service Announcement sent from MassQuilts
This summer, The New England Quilt Museum will host an exhibit of quilts discovered during the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project. The exhibit, entitled Our Common Wealth: Quilts from the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, will feature quilts from throughout the state’s long and interesting history. Uncovered in attics and on beds, in living rooms and in basements around Massachusetts the state, the quilts present a stunning history of quilting. Since its inception in 1994, the Mass Quilt Documentation Project has documented over 5,500 quilts, and it is still going on today. One Friday every month, people from throughout the state come to the New England Quilt Museum bringing quilts to be documented. Among recent finds was a crazy quilt in pristine condition that took the maker over 40 years to complete, starting in the late 19th century. Quilt owners all receive instructions on how to care for their quilts, a photograph of the quilt, a copy of the documentation report, and a special quilt label.
The exhibit will feature the best of these awe-inspiring quilts. It will run from July 17 through September 20, 2009. The exhibit will also coincide with this year’s Lowell Quilt Festival on August 6 through 9. For more information, please visit www.massquilts.org
