AQSG Star Study Opens In Oregon

Eagle Medallion by Carol Godreau and Maureen Gregoire

49-1/2" square

The traveling exhibit of quilts from the American Quilt Study Group's 2010 quilt study opens at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook, Oregon on January 3. A selection of the reproduction quilts will be up until February 6, 2011. Every other year members can participate in a themed reproduction project. This year's theme was stars.

Some of the AQSG members interpreted quilts from books. The Eagle Medallion at the top of the page is on the cover of Quilts and Quiltmakers: Covering Connecticut.
 

Silk Star of the Bluegrass by Marti Phelps

35" x 35"

Others went to museums and saw the quilts in person. Marti's inspiration was a quilt in the collection of the National Museum of American History by Mary Norton Hise.

Quilt by Mary Hise Norton,

National Museum of American History,

 Smithsonian Institution

See more about the National Museum of American History's quilt by clicking here:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&gkey=169&objkey=7201

And others looked to quilts in their own collections.

Stars and Shamrocks 2 by Xenia Cord

43" x 49"

Xenia owns the original very odd quilt from the mid-9th century with the lower corners cut out for the bed posts. She did a wonderful job of reproducing it.

The original quilt with blue and buff striped fabric

1830-1860?

Although she said she hated making it, she was glad she did it. This one isn't in the traveling show.

Detail of the original in Xenia's collection

See my blog post on December 6th for more pictures of exhibit quilts:
http://siputflash.blogspot.com/2010/12/aqsg-star-study.html


And click here to see all 39 on the American Quilt Study Group webpage:
http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/qs_star_study01.asp

Sunburst by Janet Locey, quilted by Holly Casey 

35" x 35"

 Janet's inspiration is a 20th-century quilt she saw at the 2009 American Quilt Study Group Seminar. The stars appliqued to stripes is from the collection of  Julie Silber's and Jean Demeter's Quilt Complex.

Here's a photo of it when it was sold at an on-line auction a few years ago.

At the end of February the show will open at the Monroe County Historical Center in Bloomington, Indiana, where it will be up from February 25 to June 5, 2011.



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AQSG Star Study

Eight-Pointed Star-Borden Family Quilt by Florence McConnell

41-1/2 x 37 -1/4"

See Florence's inspiration quilt by clicking here and scrolling down

http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/museum/collection-gallery.html

Every other year the American Quilt Study Group invites members to study an antique quilt by reproducing it on a smaller scale. This year the theme was star quilts and members made 39 quilts, which you can see on the AQSG website. Click here: http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/qs_star_study01.asp

Nancy L. Losee, Star of Bethlehem

36" x 36"

Inspired by a quilt in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg

Acc. No. 2000.609.1

To see the original click on the EMuseum page for Colonial Williamsburg.

http://emuseum.history.org/code/emuseum.asp

Do a quick search for the word Bethlehem. The inspiration quilt will come up as the second item.

Some studied quilts in museum collections, some were inspired by quilts in private collections and some by quilts they owned themselves.  

Cindy Vermillion Hamilton

Star of England

40" x 42"

Inspired by a quilt in her own collection

Most of the Star Study quilts were exhibited at the Houston Quilt Festival in a show that will travel around for the next two years. Kansas City Star Books is planning a book about them for the spring.

Bobbi Finley, Mennonite Lone Star

49-1/2" x 49-1/2"

Inspired by a quilt in a private collection

The schedule for the traveling exhibit:

January 3, 2011 - February 6, 2011:
Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook, OR

February 25, 2011 - June 5, 2011:
Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, IN

July – August 2011:
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA

September 17-18, 2011:
Faithful Circle Quilters Show, Woodridge, IL

November 2011 – January 2012:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO

March 2012:
Dallas Quilt Convention, Dallas, TX

April – August 2012:
International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE

The Quilt Study is only one of the many good reasons to join the American Quilt Study Group.
Join by clicking here:
http://www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/membership.asp

AQSG Online Auction

The American Quilt Study Group is auctioning antique quilts online through September 20th.

This Delectable Mountains quilt with a chrome yellow border was donated by Lucinda Cawley

It dates to the 1870s.

Each year at the AQSG Seminar members donate antique textiles, books, art and ephemera to auction to antendees. Silent and live auctions provide a lot of fun plus funds for the non-profit group. This year AQSG is widening their audience by placing 18 items on their web page for everyone to bid on.

Julie Silber donated an early English hexagon with a flounce

Click here to see more: www.americanquiltstudygroup.org/sem10auction.asp 

Debbie Cooney donated a turn-of-the-last-century charm quilt

Bid on these quilts or pay the Buy-It-Now price.

You're donating to a good cause and getting a great antique quilt.

Rose Marie Werner donated this version of Marie Webster's Wreath of Roses from the mid 20th century.

See more about the 2010 AQSG Seminar in Bloomington, Minnesota, October 14-17 by clicking here:

http://americanquiltstudygroup.org/seminar.asp