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Quilting
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Annie's Attic 
 A collection of illustrations and video guides for the most-used stitches in a variety of crafts, including knitting, crochet, crochenit, tatting, and embroidery. Sample patterns are included. http://www.anniesattic.com/ Topics: Crafts Last updated May 19, 2009 La Conner Quilt Museum
This site features information about the La Conner, Washington state, quilt museum, which is housed in the Gaches Mansion. The site offers information about past, current, and future museum exhibits and the annual quilt festival. Includes photos and information about the restoration of the building, which was previously a private residence, a hospital, and an apartment house. http://www.laconnerquilts.com Topics: Crafts, Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jul 31, 2005 National Quilt Register
"The National Quilt Register is a major initiative of the Pioneer Women's Hut, a museum located ... in southern NSW, Australia. ... It is our policy to collect domestic objects relating to rural families, especially the women and by gathering the stories put these objects in the context of their lives." The online exhibit of dozens of quilts is searchable, and browsable by story theme or quilt style. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/nqr/ Topics: Agriculture, Crafts, History By Place, Regions of the World, United States History Last updated Jun 20, 2007 National Quilting Day
Details about this celebration of quilting. "The third Saturday in March is officially designated as National Quilting Day, but ... observance of National Quilting Day has unofficially been expanded to the whole month of March." Features special projects and other ideas for celebrating the month, including charity quilting. From the National Quilting Association. http://www.nqaquilts.org/NatQuiltDay.php Topics: Crafts Last updated Nov 4, 2008 Nature's Bounty: Quilts and More
Companion website to a past exhibit featuring quilts and other textiles that reflect nature. Features examples of textiles depicting flowers, birds, and other nature images. Also includes classroom materials and links to related sites. From the Kentucky Library and Museum, Western Kentucky University. http://www.wku.edu/library/onlinexh/naturesbounty/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 12, 2007 A Piece of My Soul: Quilts by Black Arkansans
This collection of images of quilts created by African Americans from Arkansas can be explored by looking at quilting families, individual quilters, and quilt types such as log cabin, center star or medallion, combined patterns, and miniature and doll quilts. Provides biographies of the quilters and quilting families, and related links (a few broken). From the Old State House Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. http://www.oldstatehouse.com/piece-of-my-soul/ Topics: Black Resources, Crafts Last updated Jan 10, 2008 The Quilt Index
"An online research and reference tool designed to provide unprecedented access to contextual information and images of quilts held in private and public collections." Search by pattern or quilter, or browse by collection, time period, style or technique, function, or location. Also includes essays and "online galleries created by guest curators." From the Alliance for American Quilts in partnership with Michigan State University. http://www.quiltindex.org/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Oct 14, 2003 QuiltersBee
Lots of humorous lists and articles, a nice history of quilting, fabric care tips, a FAQ, fabric and quilt square swaps, links to quilting sites, quilt poetry, and quilting tips for beginners. http://www.quiltersbee.com/ Topics: Crafts, Poetry Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Quilting
Site features include free patterns, clip art, techniques, reviews, humor, many links, and a glossary. Subjects covered include computer design, appliqué, foundation piecing, equipment, related media, software, fabric, communities and personalities, and international quilting, and collecting, history, care, conservation, and appraisal of quilts. http://quilting.about.com/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Quilts
Companion website to television documentaries on quilting, including "The Art of Quilting" (visiting quilt exhibitions and artist studios), "A Century of Quilts" (a search to find the most acclaimed American quilts of the 20th century), and "America Quilts" (exploring quilts and their stories). Features interviews, images, classroom materials, and other resources on quilting. From Wisconsin Public Television. http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 12, 2007 Quilts and Quiltmaking in America 1978-1996
This site "showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the All-American Quilt Contest." The collection includes nearly 200 segments from recorded interviews with quiltmakers and over 400 images. Also provides a glossary and selected bibliography. Searchable. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 17, 2005 Quilts, Counterpanes & Throws: A Selection From the National Collection
Images of quilts from the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH). Features 18th-century quilts, pictorial quilts, appliqued inscriptions, patriotic quilts, crib covers, Amish quilts, and more. From the NMAH Division of Textiles. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/quilts/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Mar 12, 2007 World Wide Quilting Page
Features free patterns and instructions, a beginner's guide to quilting, a newsletter, information on where to buy quilting supplies, a pattern and fabric "exchange," a glossary, and discussion lists. http://www.quilt.com Topics: Crafts Last updated Jan 4, 2006 |
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