Applique coverlet, cotton, Britain, about 1851,
T.86-1957, © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum
The place to be today is London for the opening day of the show at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Quilts 1700 - 2010.
http://www.vam.ac.uk./
Center, Sundial Quilt dated 1797
http://aquiltersjournal.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilts-2010-at-victoria-albert-museum.html
http://aquiltersjournal.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilts-1700-2010-victoria-and-albert.html
http://makedoandmendquilts.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilts-1700-2010-at-victoria-and-albert.html
http://www.quiltingonline.co.uk/2010/03/preview-of-quilts-1700-2010-at-v.html
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8 comments:
Barbara,
I love your post so much I linked to it here
http://quilting.craftgossip.com/quilts-1700-2010-at-the-victoria-albert/2010/03/20/
Warm regards,
Scarlett Burroughs
Quilting Editor, Craft Gossip
I found it through Scarlett's link at Craft Gossip. These are so beautiful and the the detail is amazing!
I was there on Wednesday and there are already several posts on my blog, though my head is still reeling from seeing some of the eighteenth and nineteenth century quilts -
http://susanbriscoe.blogspot.com/2010/03/v-and-quilts-exhibition-photos.html
http://susanbriscoe.blogspot.com/2010/03/v-and-quilts-exhibition-review-links.html
http://susanbriscoe.blogspot.com/2010/03/v-and-quilts-exhibition-changi.html
I'll be adding more pictues and musings as time allows.
thanks for sharing these diverse blogs. oh why didn't they invite US!
What wonderful quilts. I love the first one and the use of fabric designs for the appliques.
Debbie
Thanks for whetting my appetite! Vicki and I are traveling to London in May to see the exhibit. How exciting to see some of the beauties as a preview.
Like Susan I was lucky enough to go to the preview - if you love historical quilts then you will be thrilled by the quality and beauty of the quilts from the 1700s and 1800s, if you enjoy exploration of the social and historic context of quilts then definitely get the book that the Curator Sue Pritchard has edited to go with the exhibition it is wonderful - I will be dipping into it after posting this. If you enjoy seeing the modern take on quilting then you might conclude that quilts made by well-known artists that normally provoke reaction using other media have attracted press coverage and opened up this exhibition to a wider audience but that the exhibitions such as the Festival of Quilts at the NEC have a better display than the V&A (which is what I think!)
I enjoyed the exhibition thoroughly and completely and had a wonderful day and I would highly recommend it!
Liz
I had the fun I seeing the V&A exhibit on opening day and it was great. I could spend as much time as I liked studying the fabrics in the quilts. I thought the social history was a wonderful addition that you don't find at most quilt displays. Last time a saw that was an exhibit of "dust bowl" quilts that came to California. It was at the Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California.
Pam C.
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