Recent Blog Posts

Are you a fan of Star Wars? If you are, or even if aren't, we're sure you'll love what Star Wars fan Becky Glasby​ made that hung in the National Quilt Museum in 2024 as part of her solo exhibition, My Quilting Medley: Becky Glasby. Hear the story behind her Star Wars Trilogy quilts as part of the Go Tell It at the Quilt Show series from the Quilt Alliance.

Do you recognize this dress? It belonged to Fanny Seward, beloved daughter of William H. Seward, the Secretary of State for both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In this episode of Collections Unboxing, SHM Director of Collections and Exhibitions Emma Dailey shares a look at Fanny’s debutante dress as well as the history of debutante traditions around the world. Stay till the end to see a detailed walkthrough of this incredible outfit!

Do a puzzle of Phyllis Cullen's quilt, Peeper.

Laura Ann Coia at SewVeryEasy has the perfect quilt for you to make this month. Just in time for Easter holiday, she'll show you how to make a Peter Rabbit and Friends Panel Quilt, inspired by the stories of Beatrix Potter, using a FREE pattern from Riley Blake Designs.

It's Wednesday, so that must mean it's time for Jinny Beyer's Memory Match Game!

Do a puzzle of Lois Podolny's quilt, Desert's Glory.

Presented by the International Quilt Museum: "Join the International Quilt Museum for a conversation with poet and IQM fellow Stefania Gomez for a discussion on her poetry and redwork quilts in the museum's collection." Register today and watch when this episode airs this Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 2 PM EDT.

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is launching a new exhibit this month featuring Revolutionary War flags to commemorate a number of anniversaries taking place this year. "The Museum will mark the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) with a new special exhibition, Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags, opening April 19, 2025. The exhibition, which will be displayed in the Museum's first-floor Patriots Gallery, will feature the largest gathering of rare and significant Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries."

Do a puzzle of Katie Pasquini Masopust's quilt, A Rose is a Rose.

Quilters by their nature keep lots of things, as evidenced by their large stashes. So you never know if you have a diamond in the rough amongst the collection of other things you have boxed up in your house. Take for example this Women's Cotten Printed Dress from the late 1700s that was gifted to a couple. They took it to Antiques Roadshow to find out some more about it and received quite a pleasant surprise with the information they received. Watch the video to find out what they learned.

Lisa Walton, textile artist and past President of SAQA, talks to Deborah Boschert, the then President of SAQA when this was filmed, about her fabric collage landscapes and learns about her quilt Tree Lines on another exciting installment of Quilt Stories.

Do a puzzle of Susan Carlsonr's quilt, Tickled Pink.

Mother's Day is just a little over a month, but it's never too early to start thinking out what you're going to give her. With all that extra time, why not give her something handmade that she'll treasure forever. Enter Pat Bravo from WeAllSew and her Mother's Day Postcard, which you can put your whole heart into making and include a lovely message with when you're all done.

Do a puzzle of Ellen Lindner's quilt, Daydream.