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Applique' Quilt ca. 1900 by unknown Sioux quilt maker
Even people who know about the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts aren't always aware of the full range of its projects. You can click here to view thousands of eye-popping examples of vintage and current quilts, but the AAQ also funds and produces multimedia presentations called Quilt Treasures, assisted by its partner Michigan State University (funded by individual donors, guilds, and Alliance members). These celebrate some of the individuals most responsible for the country's quilt renaissance. Although some Quilt Treasures are pioneering quilt makers like Yvonne Porcella and Jinny Beyer, others include historians, collectors and others who were no less pivotal in bringing quilts to the forefront of the culture.
Give yourself a treat and check out the most recently posted Quilt Treasure that of legendary quilt collectors and dealers Thomas K. Woodard and Blanche Greenstein. You can read their bios, watch a mini-documentary about them, and feast your eyes on a photo gallery showing 35 of the most beautiful and significant quilts in their collection. Click here to view the gallery of quilts.
The quilt featured above is an applique quilt made around 1900 on the Crow Creek Reservation of South Dakota. It tells a story about Indian hunting and family life, and was deemed such an extraordinary piece that it was chosen as on the 100 Best American Quilts of the Twentieth Century.
While at the Quilt Treasure project, be sure to browse the profiles of such significant quilt world figures as the late historian Cuesta Benberry and Bonnie Leman, founder of Quilter's Newsletter magazine. If you are interested in getting details about the AAQ's 15th anniversary quilt contest you can download the rules and entry forms form the Alliance homepage.
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