- 1. Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University
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- Dr. Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D., Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University shares images of vintage quilts from their collection and tells their fascinating stories.
- Created on 16 July 2020
- 2. Joyce Massey Donates Quilt to the Museum of Texas Tech University
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- It is with great joy that the Museum announces the recent donation of a quilt made by Dallas Quilt Guild member Joyce Massey to the collection. Mrs. Massey’s legacy of prize-winning quilts both at the ...
- Created on 26 February 2023
- 3. Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- ... Montgomery, Ph.D. (Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University) was invited to speak on quilts, led to a short chat post-meeting, followed by a more in-depth conversation over ...
- Created on 14 December 2020
- 4. Searching for Origins - Star and Crescent Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- The Museum of Texas Tech University is proud to announce that the 450 quilts from the collection of West Texas native Lisa Erlandson have been promised to the Museum, with an exhibit showcasing 40 of her ...
- Created on 09 January 2025
- 5. Hot, Bright Colors for a Summer Day
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Learn about a colorful pieced Pine Burr quilt that is one of four that was recently donated to the Museum of Texas Tech University by descendants of the makers.
- Created on 13 June 2024
- 6. Taylor, Texas, Batting and Quilts
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Many are familiar with the quilts made from the patterns printed on the inside of the Mountain Mist Batting wrappers, but few know that the Taylor Bedding Company of Taylor, Texas, participated in a similar ...
- Created on 13 April 2024
- 7. Sugar Loaf Quilt Leads to Collection from One Donor
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- ... of Texas Tech University of textiles to the museum. Ada Vivian Johnson Adams was the Department Head of Home Economics Education at Texas Technological College (later Texas Tech University) until ...
- Created on 13 April 2024
- 8. Why Was there a Thinly Batted Quilt from Canada?
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Learn why a quilt submitted for donation to the Museum of Texas Tech University was thinly batted, even though it was assumed to be from Canada.
- Created on 06 August 2023
- 9. Mexican Rose Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- This Mexican Rose Quilt, referred to by the family as the Tulip and Vine, was donated to the Museum of Texas Tech University in 1953. It was gifted to the museum's founding director, Dr. William Curry Holden, ...
- Created on 26 February 2023
- 10. Valentine Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Learn about a Valentine Quilt from the Museum of Texas Tech University. Learn about Hearts with Confetti, a traditional Double Irish Chain quilt pattern, was made modern by the use of bright colors, wonderful ...
- Created on 10 January 2023
- 11. Military Themed Mountain Mist Batting Wrapper Patterns
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- ... Kaylakie, donated to the Museum of Texas Tech University and are included in the exhibit Mountain Mist Quilts: Clever Marketing to Beautiful Treasures currently on exhibit through January 15, 2023. ...
- Created on 19 October 2022
- 12. Mountain Mist: Clever Marketing to Beautiful Treasures
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Currently on exhibit at the Museum of Texas Tech University is Mountain Mist: Clever Marketing to Beautiful Treasures which runs through January 15, 2023. The exhibition features 38 quilts made from Mountain ...
- Created on 01 September 2022
- 13. Mountain Mist Pattern Quilt Sisters
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Curators seldom have the space to open and view two quilts side by side in order to study and evaluate, let alone see them displayed next to each other on a gallery wall. As part of the exhibit Mountain ...
- Created on 01 September 2022
- 14. Broken Lone Star Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- This year (2023) a beautiful circa 1930 Broken Lone Star quilt joined the collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University. The donor not only knew who made it, but also where the fabric was likely purchased ...
- Created on 01 September 2022
- 15. A Fruit Basket Quilt Designed by Ruby Short McKim
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- A Fruit Basket Quilt designed by Ruby Short McKim was brought to one of the quilt documentation events that coincided with the 2016 exhibition of the Museum of Texas Tech University’s quilts.
- Created on 15 June 2022
- 16. Country Life Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- It is always a pleasure to be contacted by a donor who would like to donate quilts in good condition and whose makers are known. Thus, is the case with two quilts, designed by Ruby Short McKim, recently ...
- Created on 17 April 2022
- 17. Linda Fisher’s Creativity
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- ... Museum of Texas Tech University and another 60 for auction. She is able to make so many quilts because she finds an puts together vintage quilt blocks. For the 500 Year Quilt, Linda used blocks from 1890, ...
- Created on 03 January 2022
- 18. A "Popping Red" Snowball Quil
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- Learn what a "popping red" is in a quilt in this example of a snowball quilt from the Museum of Texas Tech University. ...
- Created on 08 November 2021
- 19. Mathematical Star Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- The Museum of Texas Tech University is celebrating the promised gift of 450 quilts from quilt historian Lisa Erlandson with an exhibition featuring 40 of her quilts, on display now through August 17, 2025. ...
- Created on 08 November 2021
- 20. Mid-19th Century Quilt
- (Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University)
- The Museum of Texas Tech University is celebrating the promised gift of the Lisa Erlandson 450 quilt collection with its current exhibit Threads of Tradition: The Erlandson Collection of 18th and 19th Century ...
- Created on 08 November 2021