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Conway Album (I'm Not From Baltimore) was designed and finished by Irma Gail Hatcher in 1993.  It is 90" x 90" and is machine pieced and hand appliqued and quilted.  Based on an antique quilt, Irma Gail made it her own by adding stuffed and padded applique, ruching, gathered petals, folded rosebuds and yo-yos.  This quilt has won many major awards, including a $10,000 award for hand workmanship from the AQS in whose museum the quilt currently resides.

Conway1 - 100 pieces non-rotating

Conway2 - 90 pieces rotating

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Judy B. Dales, Dancing on the Dark Side of the Moon, was created in 1997.  According to the Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts edited by Mary Leman Austin, Judy says "this particular quilt was created in a frenzy of creativity.  Three days before leaving for an annual trek to our cottage in Vermont, I decided to start a new quilt.  I chose one of my airplane doodles, edited it a bit and began the quilt.  One day for pattern preparation, one day to cut the fabric, one day to embellish the background pieces, then the whole thing was packed up and transported to Vermont."  Look what comes from doodling...

DancingontheDarkSide1 - 88 pieces non-rotating 

DancingontheDarkSide2 - 70 pieces rotating

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This is one of the largest quilts created by Terrie Hancock, generally considered one of the first artists to work in mixed media and embellishment  In the late 1980s she began painting on canvas. Terrie then cut up the canvas and worked them into quilts.  The quilt measures 123" x 99" and was quilted by Sue Rule in 1985.  It is made of cottons and cotton blends, is hand appliqued and machine pieced, reverse appliqued, embroidered, and uses beadwork and other embellishment.  It is in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center.

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Saints1 - 70 pieces non-rotating

Saints2 - 80 pieces rotating

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Anthurium was created by Mary Manoi.  The applique was done in 1912 and the quilting in 1939.  It is 84" x 91" According to The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts, edited by Mary Leman Austin, it is "atypical of Hawaiian quiltmaking in two respects:  it lacks a central motif and it uses four colors, accenting its basic green and cream palette with red and orange-yellow flowers."  The flower is based on the Anthurium, Hawaii's most popular flower.

Anthurium1 - 63 pieces non-rotating

Anthurium2 - 63 pieces rotating

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Helen Kelley was inspired by 1976 trip to Norway to create this Renaissance quilt.  It was made in 1983 and is 30" x 70".  She made a study of Norwegian coverlets which revealed the use of geometric patterns much like those in American quilts. Helen studied designs for more than two years and put together detailed drafting designs in order to insure geometric accuracy.  She struggled with finding appropriate fabrics and decided that including calico was required in order to blend the old world with the new. "Renaissance" is an American quilt tapestry which depicts the Christmas story.  It is made up of cottons, machine pieced, hand appliqued and quilted.  It is in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Renaissance1 - 70 pieces non-rotating

Renaissance2 - 80 pieces rotating