Melrose History Quilt

I heard about the Melrose History Quilt several months ago from a friend and went to see it on Sunday.  It's a neat piece of history (learn more about it here).  They think it was a fundraising quilt made in the late 1800s - I chucked when I realized that's an old concept.  I enjoyed learning about the quilt, how it had been restored and seeing all the names in such nice handwriting.  I even got a peek of the backing.

In addition viewing the the quilt, I talked to people involved in the restoration and viewed some contemporary fabric artwork from a few local artists.  Their pieces were amazing (and humbling to look at).

There was quite a bit of documentation done on the quilt.  Names and addresses tied several names to Melrose.  I know at least some of the addresses have yarnstormed (yarnbombed?) markers to mark them as part of the event.

There were cards with brief family histories and photographs of some of the people from the quilt.  The display was an interesting combination of new art and small slices of history.




Here's just a few examples of the contemporary quilts.  There's more about the artists and their works at Contemporary Fiber Art.

Look at those curves and really narrow strips!  I don't think those little yellow lines are even a quarter inch wide.  She had a several pieces like that.  I loved the lines in the red and white quilt.  And oh!  the landscape quilts.  I am always amazed by those kinds of quilts - the colors and the details.  They were all amazing.

Definitely a worthwhile trip, even for a small gallery of items.