New DAR Quilt Catalog

The Museum of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington D.C. has published a catalog of their substantial quilt collection.

Curator Alden O'Brien and needlework teacher Martha Pullen have partnered on a book and cd combination featuring a catalog of the quilts at the DAR Museum with machine embroidery disks inspired by the designs.

You can buy the catalog alone.  See a preview of Historic Quilts of the DAR Museum here:

 http://store.marthapullen.com/descriptions/productspecs/7916.htm

Or buy the disks with the images too.

 (45 multi-format designs in a mixture of 5x7 and 4x4 sizes per disk; Design availability is design-format & hoop size dependent.)

Biblical Images Quilt

[Garden of Eden ]1874

Collection of the DAR Museum

From the Quilt Index digital collection

The DAR collection of American quilts is one of the world's best. Up to now the only way to see it has been in the Quilt Index---not a bad way to see the quilts, but there is little information on the history of the quilt there. Alden O'Brien's curatorial expertise will add a great deal of knowledge to our history of American quilts. 

To view the collection at the Quilt Index click here for the search page:

http://www.quiltindex.org/search.php

Scroll down to the box that says Contributor/Institution and pull down the menu for DAR Museum. Click search and enjoy while you wait for your catalog to arrive.

Princess Feather

Collection of the DAR Museum

From the Quilt Index digital collection

A page from the book.

Here's a link to the DAR Museum's on line shop:

http://www.dar.org/omni/store/MuseumShop.cfm