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Patterns of the New World: Quiltmaking Among Norwegian Americans

2006
Gilbertson, Laurann
United States
From Uncoverings 2006, Volume 27 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Laurann Gilbertson holds a BA in Anthropology and an MS in Textiles and Clothing, both from Iowa State University. Since 1991, she has been Textile Cu­rator at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa. The first exhibition she curated at the museum (in 1992) was of Norwegian-American quilts, and the topic has continued to intrigue her. Gilbertson's recent pub­lications include articles in Vesterheim on tapestry artist Nancy Jackson and Norwegian designer Gerhard Munthe and in Piecework on the aprons Evelina Grimes made for her Apron Style Show.

​When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncoverings volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 2006, Volume 27, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/34/.

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