Ooops, I did it again

Travel Log - Fall 2018 continued (1 of 2)

The New England Quilt Museum 

( building on the right)

So I reconnected with a friend while I was in Massachusetts and she took me to Lowell, home of the New England Quilt Museum. They were featuring three special exhibits. The first was a presentation by several quilters who displayed an example of their work along side a description of the techniques used to produce it. The quilters described methods, like hand painting or piecing curves, which inspired the viewer to try something new.

This quilt by Timna Tarr is entitled Mississippi Meander and the instructions 

accompanying it outlined how she hand appliquéd and machine quilted it.

The large scale work of Susan Carlson included this piece that covered an entire wall. She uses bright, vibrant, beautiful fabrics to depict subjects from nature (among other things). 

Then there was the smaller scaled needlework work of fiber artist Sally Mavor- her work caught my attention because she uses the blanket stitch which I have been working on with my circle series of appliqué quilts.

They also have a gallery to display quilts from their permanent collection.

This pattern is a Cathedral Window.

I wandered in to their library, where I picked up a new book in their used book section to read on the flight home. For you quilters out there: one great benefit of membership at the New England Quilt Museum is access to their rather extensive library of quilting books and magazines. You can borrow from the library, even from out of state! 

So glad we took the trip to check out this museum, and it was especially fun to have the company of my dear friend. But our trip didn't end here, there was even more in Lowell for us to see...