What an interesting piece of history. It is so nice to continue learning more about our foremothers and their quilting journeys from the good people at Texas Tech. ...
Thanks so much for sharing this object. We just received one for the collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University. It is dated with the pins 1858 and says, "Welcome Sweet Little Baby Let Wisdom B ...
Clothing made using printed cotton feed sacks. Image courtesy of the Museum Of Texas Tech University.
Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households
June 25-December ...
... Museum of Texas Tech University
The colors of red, white and blue dominate our summertime festivities so I thought it might be nice to look at two 19th century red, white and blue quilts in the collection ...
... Ph.D.,
Curator of Clothing and Textiles, the Museum of Texas Tech University
In preparation for the birth of Barbara Ann Quail in 1944, a beautiful white satin baby quilt was made. The remaining ...
... for do's and don'ts are numerous and sometimes quite complex. But how does a quilt get the reputation of being under a spell? One such quilt at the Museum of Texas Tech University seems to be a ...
Vintage 1974 Pinwheel Quilt. Source eBay
Double Knit Quilt Enters Collection
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D. Curator of Clothing and Textiles,
The Museum of Texas Tech ...
... Texas Tech University
I’ve been enmeshed in feed sack materials for the past year. The Quilter’s Guild of Dallas, the South Plains Quilt Guild in Lubbock and generous individuals ...
Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt, circa 1930, Gift of Mrs. Don Wellborn from the George M. Boles, Collection.
TTU-H1971-028-011a. Photo courtesy of the Museum of Texas Tech University. ...
... of Clothing and Textiles,
The Museum of Texas Tech University
New quilt block using vintage salesman sample fabrics by Qisforquilter
The Seven Sisters quilt pattern, with its tricky inset ...
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The Museum of Texas Tech University
Often the first quilts selected for exhibitions are those in excellent condition and those that look good on a wall from a distance. This 1880s red and white ...
... of Texas Tech University Textile Collections.
TTU 1976-122-002, Spinning Ball quilt made by the Great-Grandmother of Mrs. D. M. Wiggins.
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Texas Tech University. ...
... of the Museum of Texas Tech University
Oklahoma Quilters Insure Family Quilt Gets Museum Care
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D.,
Curator of Clothing and Textiles, the Museum of ...
Sewing Machines and Southern Quilts
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D.,
Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University
The sewing machine was ...
Circa 2000 embroidered quilt with Texas motifs, TTU-H2017-085-001.
Photo courtesy Museum of Texas Tech University.
Quilt with Texas Motifs Comes to the Museum of Texas ...
Does Finishing a Quilt Make a Difference?
By Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D.
Curator of Clothing and Textiles, Museum of Texas Tech University
Sometimes we get a quilt top done and ...
... time.
Home Economics building at Texas Technological College in 1925,
where the quilt tops were made.
Image from 1926 edition of La Ventana, Texas Technological College Yearbook.
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