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In this episode, we have SEVEN Know-It-Alls. Seven?! YES! We have a very special guest: Alex Anderson of The Quilt Show! Fairs, Frakturs, Fylfots, & Favorites are all fair game and ALL the Know-It-Alls weigh in on these topics for another lively and informative conversation.

You wanted to know, and now it's happening. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' quilt collection is now on display at Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, SC in the exhibit Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection through January 30, 2022.

On Friday we featured a video of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talking about his quilt collection and his decision to finally exhibit them for the public. Now, take a virtual tour of the exhibit featuring his unique collection of quilts at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska in this video.

The Quilt Show's Marketing Director, and it turns out intrepid reporter, Kristin Goedert came across a museum exhibit in Utah a few years ago that told the story of The Panguitch Quilt Walk from the 1860s. This story, one of ingenuity and perseverance, shows how important quilts can be both personally and for survival. Learn the story, and see the quilt made in tribute to this heroic tale.

Kristi Parker, one of our fabulous members here at The Quilt Show, has completed her Go Tell It video to preserve her quilt's story for the "Go Tell It!" Remember Me: Memorial Quilt StoryShare. Watch her share her story so that others will do the same and share their's as well.

Well, in Yorkshire a 130-year-old embroidered quilt was found by chance during their "spring clean" at their local church. Read on to find out more about this great discovery. (Photo Credit: yorkshirepost.co.uk/)

Another of our wonderful The Quilt Show members, Dale McMillan, has completed another Go Tell It video to preserve her quilt's story for the "Go Tell It!" Remember Me: Memorial Quilt StoryShare. Take a look as we become even closer as a community through our shared stories.

Remember when Alex told the story of her father's quilt? Here's The Quilt Show Member Susan Lindsey and her quilt as she told it for the "Go Tell It!" Remember Me: Memorial Quilt StoryShare.

We recently featured a Textile Talks from the International Quilt Museum discussing the evolution of Abstract design in quilts over the previous fifty years. Today we'd like to go more in depth with that exhibit, called the single most influential quilt exhibition ever, when the Whitney Museum of Arts covered its walls with antique quilts in 1971 and its current revival in 2021.

The International Quilt Museum presents Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50: Raising the Profile with Dr. Jonathan Gregory and moderator Marin Hanson. Watch as Dr. Gregory and Marin discuss the evolution of Abstract design in quilts over the previous fifty years as they view a number of very interesting quilts.

Have you recorded your video for the Go Tell It! series for the Quilt Alliance yet? The Quilt Show fan and guest of the show Meg Cox has, and after watching hers you'll see just how easy it is!

The Quilt Show is teaming up with the Quilt Alliance and the International Quilt Museum to collect and share stories about memorial quilts. If you have made a memorial quilt or received one in honor of someone in your life, we would love to hear your story.

Join Julie Silber and her quilting cohorts for the third installment of Six Know-It-Alls, Six Quilts!

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)