News stories tagged with "quilts"

(03/16/12) Historical re-enactors will gather in Sackets Harbor this weekend as part of a War of 1812 bicentennial commemoration. But the conversations will focus on period clothing and quilts, rather than muskets and cannons. Todd Moe talks with Ted Schofield, a re-enactor from Chaumont, about his early 19th century reproduction sewing implements and a love of recreating historic clothing.

(05/22/09) A new exhibit at the Adirondack Museum includes historic quilts from the museum's textile collection, as well as contemporary quilts, comforters, and wall hangings on loan from quilters in communities throughout the region. "Common Threads: 150 Years of Adirondack Quilts and Comforters" opens today and will remain on display through October 18th. It explore themes of women's work, domestic life, social networks in a rural area, generational continuity among women, and women's artistic response to life in the Adirondacks. Curator Hallie Bond told Todd Moe that "Common Threads" connects the past with the present through familiar household objects.

(02/26/09) A Watertown quilter uses science and the outdoors as inspiration. Mary Knapp's quilts are on display through May 23rd at TAUNY in Canton. She'll share stories of inspiration behind her quilts, and give a tour of the display on Saturday. Mary is a retired high school biology teacher who's been quilting for more than 25 years. She told Todd Moe that her quilts share a theme of art and science.

(03/17/04) Quilting was long considered a salvage craft, with homemakers using scraps of fabric from old clothes and leftover material to create warm blankets and bedcovers. The quilts were colorful and well made and most quilters used traditional patterns learned from family and friends. Well, it's not your grandmothers' quilts anymore! Many of today's quilt makers use old patterns for inspiration, but don't let them get in the way of creative expression. Lamar Bliss visited the biennial Raquette River Quilters' show and also spoke with one of its founding spirits.

(03/14/02) Todd Moe talks with St. Lawrence University English professor and quilting expert Susan Ward.