At the museum today we visited a traveling exhibit of Early American quilts from The Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Winterthur is famed for its period room settings featuring furniture, fabrics, quilts, and decorative arts collected by Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969). A group of local quilters were seated outside the exhibit, giving a demonstration of their craft by means of an old-fashioned quilting bee. They were a lively and sociable group and when I learned the name of their chapter is "Hospitality Quilters", I was not surprised. The quilt being shown here is for a newborn and will be donated to a local hospital.
Allison! You were right near me! About 10 minutes away. We live right near Winterthur! Over the border in PA. I had a hard time realizing it sounded like "Wintertur." We're closer to Longwood Gardens...also a treat. I love this photo and your treatment!
I love how this one is edited :-) The beautiful quilt is the feature, and the colors are amazing! I love love love quilts, never made one, just love the way they looks, and sometimes the story they tell :-)
nice shot. I've seen those handstitched quilts and they just amaze me with the size and number of stitches. I have a hard time finishing a machine stitched quilt so the handstitching is quite daunting.
December 12th, 2010
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