Bingham-Miller Collection
Add these shows of antique quilts to your summer traveling agenda.
Louisville, Kentucky
Quilts from Kentucky and Beyond: the Bingham-Miller Family Collection
June 19- September 18, 2011
Mid-19th-century sampler from the Bingham Miller Collection
"Ms. Bingham-Miller was one of the founding directors of the Kentucky Quilt Project—an organization that worked to documentquilts, quilt-makers, and their stories. Quilts from Kentucky and Beyond: the Bingham-Miller Family Collection (June 19-September 18) explores the history of more than a century of American quilt-making through selections from the Bingham-Miller collection—including works from across the country dating from the 1830s through the 1940s as well as pieces from the Amish and Mennonite communities in the eastern U.S. Quilts from Kentucky Ohio ,Illinois ,Texas ,Wisconsin ,Alabama ,Pennsylvania and (of course)will be featured in the exhibition." Kentucky
Indianapolis, Indiana
Frugal & Fancy: Indiana Quilts
Through July 17, 2011
Clarissa Strong
"The Indiania Fancy"
1854
Collection of the Indiana State Museum
"Quilts from the Indiana State Museum’s collection reflecting both aspects of this craft will be on display through the middle of July. For more info, visit http://www.indianamuseum.org/ "
or click here:
And see Deb Geyer's post on her visit:
For more posts on this summer's antique quilt shows click here:
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2011/05/east-coast-quilt-shows-2011.html
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-events-in-mid-usa-west-coast.html
Here's a good online resource for updates on all kinds of needlework exhibits. Click here on Piecework Magazines website
http://www.pieceworkmagazine.com/
Click on the current issue.
Then go to the Calendar on the menu
And download the current calendar.
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