National Quilt Museum

We’ve been to Paducah, KY, many times over the years, but we’ve never gone to the National Quilt Museum. I wasn’t reluctant to go, but it was quite worth the time.

This is a part of a quilt titled, “Mariposas Mi Amigas 2014.” The accompanying description is:

“Gail Garber
Albuquerque, NM

“Quilted by Kris Vierra
Lincoln, NE

“Mariposas Mi Amigas was inspired by my longtime BFF, Donna Barnitz. We were experimenting with using Ultrasuede to create a filigree-style butterfly that could be fused and yet, we would not have to worry about fraying as the quilt aged. Donna was the designer of the butterflies and I designed the rest of the quilt top. Afton Warrick stitched many of the pieced blocks.

“Machine pieced, foundation pieced, machine quilted

“Learn more [ QR code ]”

I took an embarrassing number of quilt photos during our visit. I chose this one because I’ve had such a lean year of butterfly photos-and-posts.

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October 31 posts (13; missing 2019, 2021, and 2023)

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[Mags]

Gorgeous!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam I had no idea what works-of-art quilts can be!

[GaryW]

So amazing!

[Kate A 🇦🇺]

I was reluctant to attend a quilt museum the first time I went but I'd go every time now, they can be amazing works of art

[Kathy]

Some very talented and creative people make quilts. They are often on display at the Allanstand Craft Shop which is on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville in NC.