The Quilt Show ran into Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry at her exhibit, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: A Life In Color, at the National Quilt Museum this weekend as part of the festivities for the 2025 edition of the Paducah Quilt Show. While there, she showed us two of her firsts, her very first quilt, and her first art quilt. See both of these quilts as they were hung in the exhibit and chart the journey she took from her beginnings to now.
This past year Janet Stone finished the last quilt in a her Alphabet series, which has twenty-six quilts with each one corresponding to a letter of the alphabet, that she began in 2008. And guess what? Starting next year you'll be able to see all of them together for the first time at the National Quilt Museum as part of their new exhibit, Janet Stone: And Now I Know My ABCs. Click through to learn more about this exciting exhibit to come.
This past Friday Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, friend and past guest of The Quilt Show, had a celebratory retrospective exhibition of quilts debut at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky entitled Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry: A Life In Color. This career-spanning display of her work features some of her most famous quilts and is an amazing opportunity to see such a large body of her work together in one place. Click through to find out more about the exhibit.
From the National Quilt Museum: "For more than 50 years, Mr. Mallard has chronicled world events through his vibrant and intricately detailed thread collages. Born of brilliantly colored embroidery floss, fabric, patience and time, his quilts have been showcased in the United States and Europe. He has been profiled in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Linda LaPinta’s book Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers, Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce, inducted in the Mc Comb Mississippi Wall of Fame, and was honored with the ArtsReach “Living the Vision” Award. Joe’s feature quilts include his Obama Tie Quilt, which chronicles the first four years of the Obama administration and an embroidered denim jacket he presented to former President Jimmy Carter, which highlights key events of his political life."
Susan Carlson, past guest of The Quilt Show, is receiving the honor of having an exhibit of her work on display at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY. The exhibit, Susan Carlson: Specimens, will take a look at smaller quilts made earlier in her career that showcase the specimens of the title, such as insects, fish, and other creatures.
Now through July 30, 2024, the National Quilt Museum is featuring Karen Nyberg's work as part of her exhibition, The Stars Are Aligned, which celebrates her time as an astronaut, living in space, her family, and her interest in Earth conservation. The exhibition also features a set of Astronomical Quilts that were commissioned in 2013 by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration to honor Karen's mission on the International Space Station.
Celebrate at the National Quilt Musuem by documenting your Quilt on March 15 & 16, 2024! Choose a time slot, bring 1 or 2 quilts to be assessed and documented to the Kentucky Quilt Registry and record a 3-minute video for the “Go Tell It!” project.
From the National Quilt Museum: "Make a donation to The National Quilt Museum’s Matching Funds Campaign before January 31, 2024, and Moda Fabrics will double your impact! That’s right, there is still time to have your donation matched. Your generous support will help us continue our mission to honor today’s quilter and inspire future quilters with exceptional exhibitions, education, and programming."
Come visit the National Quilt Museum and explore quilts inspired by nature as part of their exhibit, Flora, Fauna and Paisaje / Landscape a collaborative show between quilters from Chile Quilting and TASO (Textile Artists of Southeastern Ohio). You'll see quilts just like Pilar Donoso's Calas de Valdivia/ Calla Lilies from Valdivia, which showcases nature on an international scale.
You may have seen Audrey Esarey's quilts featured on our site a time or two. There is a reason for that, as her quilts, often circular in nature, are stunning examples of the Modern Quilt movement. In this Wednesday's Textile Talk, you will get a glimpse of those quilts and more as the National Quilt Museum presents Contemporary Curves, "a collection of quilts exploring circular shapes and dynamic, high-contrast colors made by Audrey Esarey. The quilts featured in this exhibit are primarily from three ongoing series: Radial Quilts, Watercolor Quilts, and Aura Quilts." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 2 PM EDT.
The National Quilt Museum is pleased to announce the winners of the New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2022 Competition & Exhibition. This year's theme was Shakespeare and we'd like to congratulate all the award winners and participants. This exhibition of 43 quilts from artists from 22 states and 3 countries will be at The National Quilt Museum from April 8, 2022 through August 23, 2022.
From WeAllSew.com: Betsy Vinegrad is an acclaimed quilter (and a member of The Quilt Show) and her quilts are works of art. Her quilts have won ribbons at national festivals, some are featured in a book, and her Mod Blocks 2 is currently exhibited in the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Recently, at the 2021 virtual Quiltcon, presented by the Modern Quilters Guild, she won a Judges Choice Award and second place in the American Patchwork & Quilting Wedge Quilting Challenge for her quilt, Azulejos.
By pairing mini quilts together with full sized quilts from their collection in the Stitched In All Sizes exhibit, The National Quilt Museum invites guests to explore these works in new and fun ways by pairing the smallest and largest quilts together! This exhibit was curated by Registrar & Collections Manager Laura Hendrickson.