History

Join San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles for a conversation with Helen Remick and Samantha Shorey, key members of the NASA-inspired Core Memory Quilt project for a Textile Talk!

Join the AQSG today, May 16, 2021 @ 3pm EDT for a Quiltside Chat. AQSG member Mary Kerr will chat with International Quilt Museum (IQM) curator, Carolyn Ducey, about several Southern Quilts in the IQM collection. Mary is an authority on Southern Quilts.

In one of her recent LIVE videos, Alex talked about one of her college teachers who was an inspiration to her, Marika Contompasis. Learn about some of the work by this creative individual from Alex's life.

Patricia Belyea at Okan Arts loves Japanese textiles and wants to share that love with the world. One of her guest bloggers, Alice Gordenker, recently visited Japan's only quilt museum, Izumo Museum of Quilt Art. Come and see what she found.

Last month featured a fascinating Textile Talks discussion between celebrated quilt historian Barbara Brackman and host Janneken Smucker about researching quilt history. Come along and see what they had to share with each other.

You've seen her work everywhere, now you can learn a bit more about the iconic Laurel Burch in this vintage interview from 30 Minutes Bay Area in 2007.

"Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back?'

(Image credit: Drik/ Bengal Muslin - Article BBC.com)

Join Julie Silber as she welcomes the Six Know-It-Alls to The Quilt District in the next installment of her new series!

You always hear about Betsy Ross and the American Flag, but did you know that George Washington had a different 13-star flag?

Julie Silber has begun a new series of videos with her quilting friends Alden O'Brien, Barbara Brackman, Debby Cooney, Lynne Bassett and Merikay Waldvogel.