September 2012

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Blanket Statements is an AQSG quarterly publication. Each issue has at least one research article, AQSG news, research notes and queries, quilt world news, and exhibit information. All members receive Blanket Statements.

A Crowned Eagle Wedding Quilt from France by Kathryn Berenson

In This Issue
5 Seminar 2012
9 Broderie Perse
13 Collecting Treasures

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Seminar news
2012 Seminar
Scholarships for Seminar 2013 Available
AQSG's Endowment Campaign - Goal Reached!
A Special Thanks to our Members who have contributed to the Endowment Fund this Quarter
Research Funds Available
Becoming a Mentor

Abigail Adams and the Broderie Perse Quilt by Amanda Grace Sikarskie

Membership Recruitment Quilt

Quilt World news
Sacramento Area Quilt Study Group - Quilts in the Capital Region by Carol Williams Gebel

The Midwest Study Day by Xenia Cord

2010 Quilt Study - 19th Century Stars travels to: Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History, OK; Lancaster Spring Quilt Show, Lancaster, PA; Quilter's Hall of Fame, Marion, IN; Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA; Rising Sun Quilt Fest, IN

2012 Quilt Study - Earlty 20th Century Colonial Revival Quilts travels; Monroe County History Center, IN; New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; International Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, NE; Quilter's Hall of Fame, Marion, IN; Pacific West Quilt Show, WA

Come Celebrate With Us by Nancy Bavor

Mountain Mist Collection Saved

Eastern Shore Quilt Study Group

Schoolhouse Quilters Study Group by Linda Wilkinson

Places to go
"Quilts Go Modern! A Fresh Take on Tradition," California Oil Museum, Santa Paula, CA
"Influences on American Quilts: Baltimore to Bengal" Symposium, Colonial Williamsburg, VA
"Collecting Treasures: Celebrating 35 Years," San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
"The West Virginia Contemporary Quilt Invitational Exhibit," The Clay Center, Charleston, WV
"American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940", The Clay Center, Charleston, WV

Contintuing Exhibits
"Man-made Quilts: Civil War to the Present," Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT"
"Crazy Quilts: Victorian Fancies and Beyond," Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
"Pauline Burbidge: Interpretations in Cloth", Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, UK
"Amy Emms: North Country Quilter," Quilt Museum and Gallery, York, UK
"Material Witnesses and Priscilla Sage," National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
"My Accidental Quilt Collection," National Quilt Museu, Paducah, KY
"Material Men: Innovation & the Art of Quiltmaking," La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner, WA
"Piecing the Past Together: Nineteenth Century Quilts," California State University, Sacramento, CA
"Great Quilts, Great Stories: Treasures from the Permanent Collection," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
"Politics Not As Usual: Quilts with Something to Say," Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
"Studio Art Quilt Associate's 20th Showcase," International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, NE
"A Showcase of Quilts: Dazzling Contemporary Creations," The People's Place Museum, Intercourse, PA
"Indigo Gives America the Blues," International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, NE

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