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This week's puzzle selected from the Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts, is March Study. It is Nancy Crow's "lucky quilt." It was the quilt that earned recognition for her from The American Craft Museum in New York. In 1980, the museum displayed her quilt in the front window and on the cover of their magazine. In 1993, they honored Nancy with a solo exhibition and in 1999 she was named a Fellow of the American Craft Council.

March Study was made in 1979 and is 80" x 80." It is made from cottons and is machine pieced and hand quilted by Mrs. Levi Mast.

Here is a snippet from Nancy's artist statement on her website:

"The purpose of my quilts is to make something beautiful for me but at the same time they are a means of expression representing my deepest feelings and my life experiences. In addition, my quilts are all about how I see color and color relationships; how I see shapes; and how I see line and linear movements. They are also about complexity, sadness, and hope.

My style of quiltmaking is contemporary in that I want to express my experiences now and not copy old quilts. They are traditional only in that they are pieced and hand-quilted."

To learn more about Nancy, click here to visit her website. 

Click here to see the quilt.

March Study - 36 Pieces Non-Rotating

March Study - 100 Pieces Non-Rotating

March Study - 289 Pieces Non-Rotating

March Study - 36 Pieces Rotating

March Study - 100 Pieces Rotating

March Study - 289 Pieces Rotating

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As many of you know, Alex was very inspired by the Espirit Collection of quilts, and now for the first time since the collection debuted in 1990, all 82 historic masterworks of American quilt making selected from the world renowned Esprit Collection of Amish quilts will be available for viewing at the Lancaster Quilt & Textile museum.

This is the first time the entire collection of 82 quilts will be seen together since they appeared at the deYoung Museum (San Francisco) in 1990 and, as Julie says, "Who knows when they will ever come together again?"

The exhibition will be presented in the Beaux-Arts inspired museum, 37 North Market Street Lancaster PA, for one week only-March 13-18, 2012. Other special events will be available including a public reception and an exclusive evening dinner with the original Esprit curator, Julie Silber.

Public exhibit admission and curatorial tours will be available at the museum Wednesday through Sunday March 14-18. Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum exhibit hours will be 9am to 7pm Wednesday through Saturday, and Noon to 5pm on Sunday.

To learn more about the exhibit and purchase tickets, click here.

And while you are in Lancaster, don't forget to stop by the AQS Quilt Show and Contest, March 14-17, within walking distance from the museum.

Here is a look at some of the quilts in the original Esprit Headquarters.

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Beginning March 2, Why Quilts Matter - Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time - takes a look at the quilt's historical and current roles as (among others) an avenue of personal expression, a sly medium of social and political opinion, and a building block of financial security. Here curators, quilt makers, and scholars discuss the surprising number of ways in which the quilt has been and continues to be woven into the histories and psyches of our mothers, our sisters, ourselves.

Why Quilts Matter is available free to all Star Members through March 31, 2012. This is a gift for Star Members so make sure to be signed in.

  Great deal for new members only through Sunday!

Each week a new episode will be presented:

Episode 1 - Quilts 101 - Antique and Contemporary Quilts
Episode 2 - Quilts Bring History Alive
Episode 3 - The Quilt Marketplace
Episode 4 - What is Art?
Episode 5 - Gee's Bend: "The Most Famous Quilts in America?"
Episode 6 - How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected
Episode 7 - Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time
Episode 8 - Quilt Nation - 20,000,000 and Counting!
Episode 9 - Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Real

Special Sale for TQS Viewers!  20% Off on the DVD with many bonus features.

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Kate Findlay is inspired.  Her quilts and art have a theme.  

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The 9-part series Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics has been an instant hit in the quilting community. Now, you can own a DVD copy of the complete series for 20% OFF the regular price of $39.95!

The DVD includes all 9 episodes in the series PLUS bonus features that you can't see anywhere else. Bonus features include topics such as "A Young Collector", "Dancing Quilts", "Antique Shows: The Back Side", and much more.

Simply CLICK the button below to take advantage of the 20% OFF when you order your copy of Why Quilts Matter.

This offer is only available to viewers of TheQuiltShow.com, and expires March 31, 2012. This is the perfect time to pick up a copy for your library, and a few copies to use as gifts for your quilting friends.

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It's the perfect time to get going on the latest BOM.  Both Kits have just arrived in the Shoppe and Shipping is FREE in the USA and International orders get $15 Off.

The BOM is filled with lessons, techniques, and you end up with an heirloom quilt.  And at less than $10/yd for these amazing fabrics, it's a great deal already.

        Free Shipping                

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To Help Viewers We Have Show Suggestions By Category

To help viewers this weekend, we have a quick list of shows by categories. Take a look.

Remember, you may have gift certificates that allow you to put some of these shows in your personal library for FREE.  Check in your "My Account" section under "Gift Certificates".

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You may never get the chance to own a Paula Nadelstern quilt, but you can own prints of her quilts at very reasonable prices.  Just head on over to One Kings Lane and look at emerging artists.  (You'll have to register, but it's free.)

One of the most established quilt designers in New York, Paula Nadelstern recently expanded her repertoire to create wall art from her "Kaleidoscope" series of quilts. The offering of this series of giclée reproductions on One Kings Lane is the first time they have been available for purchase.

But you'll have to hurry, the sale ends on 3/4 at 11am EST.

Check your Star library or use your gift certificates to watch Paula at work in Episodes 307 - Puzzle Quilts and Episode 508 - Paula at the American Folk Art Museum.

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This month you will make the first of 3 paper pieced star blocks. There are 3 copies of this block in the quilt. If you are using the Buttons and Blooms fabrics to make your quilt, you will see that the fabrics used for the star points have a stripe on them. The instructions for this month (and the video too!) show you how to align the stripe so that it is centered through the star points.

Be sure to also watch the companion instructional video here.