![]() ![]() ![]() Nebraska Quilts & Quiltmakers, edited by Patricia Cox Crews and Ronald C. The dark centers of the blocks stand out, unifying the quilt.” The maker carefully distributed her scraps making a small amount of wine-colored fabric go a long way. The wines, blues, browns, and blacks are hard edged, each strip of color distinct. The light fabrics, in a variety of checks, stripes, and small prints, blend together softly in muted tones of pink, pale blue, tan, and white. “Log Cabin quilts depend on the manipulation of light and dark fabrics for their effect here in an everyday quilt, the contrast is almost textural. The blocks are sewn in a Barn Raising setting that, according to Blackstone’s great-granddaughter, she made exclusively throughout her life. The parallels between her straight and narrow lifestyle and her quilting are embodied by the Log Cabin quilt pattern. The quilts will be going home to him after June 5th.Abba Jane Blackstone’s life was governed by her strict Methodist beliefs. If you want to see the Ken Burns collection, do it soon. It was a fun time with a dear friend, and it was filled with so much inspiration. They had a wonderful fabric selection including lots of wool, which made Kathy happy!Įach shop had its own personality and was worth a visit. On the way home we made one more quilt shop stop at the Quilt Corner in Morton, IL. WOW! I’m very grateful to have had the opportunity to see them both in one week! The colors in the stripes have a bit of variation, but everything else is virtually identical. The reason she brought it was that she had recently been to the Ken Burns exhibit and she was sure it is a sister quilt to one in the collection:Ĭarol is a quilt historian and appraiser, so she knows her stuff ~ and she was really excited about the probable connection between these two amazing pieces. She said it was from Pennsylvania, but other than that she didn’t have much information. Last week at our ThreadBenders meeting Carol Butzke brought one of her antique quilts. I saved this next one for last because it has a story. Note the variety of square/rectangular centers. His quote says it all! This log cabin was made from folded strips of polished cotton, with denim centers. Don’t you just love the Seminole style border on this beautiful Rose of Sharon? The positive/negative effect of these pinwheels was captivating. There is a pattern to the triangles, but you really have to look to figure it out. I’m not able to share all of the quilts, but I’d like to include a few more of my favorites, with my comments in the captions: In my opinion this one had the most amazing hand quilting of the entire collection. Mine is not in as good of condition as the one above, but I do love it. The first quilt I saw was a red and white Oak Leaf and Reel. Many of his quotes were posted near the quilts and his insights were fascinating.Īnother of his quotes (I’m paraphrasing) stated that they didn’t need to be perfect, and he didn’t need to know their history for him to love them ~ and I agree □. He was finally persuaded to share some of his collection and what a blessing it was to be able to see them. In the video I remember Ken Burns saying that he makes his films for others, but he collects quilts for himself. They had loads of wonderful samples hanging on the walls, and every color of Kona cotton available.Īfter making our purchases and a delicious lunch, we made it to the museum. On Saturday morning we visited two quilt shops: Quilting in the Valley was colorful, spacious and Michelle was a delight! The ladies at Prairie Points were so friendly. Here we are with the delightful gnome garden she recently created: So… this past Friday I drove down to her home in Spring Grove, IL and together we began our journey to Peoria. The day after I shared the video my friend Kathy texted me to see if I’d like to make the trip to Peoria with her. I then discovered that the video was 2 years old and his quilts were currently at their last venue: the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Illinois. It was so interesting I shared it on my page. A few weeks ago I was skimming through FaceBook and found a fascinating video about the quilt collection of filmmaker Ken Burns being exhibited through the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, NE ( click here to watch the video). ![]()
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