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La Grange, Texas
Joined July 2011
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Check out the FULL video from our recent "Quilts & the Rodeo" talk from representatives of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! And subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content! youtube.com/watch?v=8H4Toszp…
his quilt is "Tribute to Molly Upton's 'Alchemy'" (34" x 40") by Liz Gray. See it in the current exhibit "American Quilt Studies Group Presents Quiltmakers and Designers 1945-1979."
Are you in the Houston area? Join Texas Quilt Museum Managing Director Deb Bradley for a free talk on "The Legacy of Texas Quilts" on Friday, Sept. 18, 10 am, at the meeting of the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston. Details here! texasquiltmuseum.org/events/…
Our new exhibits open Sept. 3!
Christmas in Texas
American Quilt Study Group Presents:
Quiltmakers and Designers 1945–1979
Tobacco Silks Reimagined
By Greta Mikkelsen
Sponsored by: Mr. Frank Klein & the Lucille Gaebler
Here's a little preview video of the installation!
"Marie's World" (89" x 89") by Teresa Duryea Wong and an unknown artist. See it in the current exhibit "Old Quilts Made New!"
"Western Frontier" by Liz Conrad Goedecke. In "My America...What It Means to Me!" "My quilt blocks represent the many facets of life on the frontier. No two are the same, similar to the diversity of the pioneers. They made America great one trail wagon wheel at a time."
"Red and Black for Smokey" (75" x 81") by Teresa Duryea Wong and an unknown artist. See it in the current exhibit "Old Quilts Made New!"
Teresa says: "This striking bold red and black top was possibly made in the 1930s in the Amish community."
This quilt is "Grace's Pink Drunkard's Path" (67" x 80") by Teresa Duryea Wong and an unknown maker. See it in the current exhibit "Old Quilts Made New!"
Join us in La Grange this Saturday, July 18, at 3 pm for another FREE Gallery Talk & Demo! Sisters Nola Heidbreder (left) and Linda Pietz will discuss their exhibit of U.S. Presidential rug portraits "Hooked on Presidents!" And see our other exhibits as well!
Join us this Saturday, July 18, at 3 pm for another FREE Gallery Talk! Sisters Nola Heidbreder and Linda Pietz will discuss their exhibit of U.S. Presidential rug portraits "Hooked on Presidents!" Plus, a demo!
This quilt is "All Gave Some, Some Gave All" (44" x 47") by Kaila A. Wang. See it in the current exhibit "My America...What It Means to Me."
Kaila says: "This piece of America draws upon the great respect that I have towards our nation's military."
Check out the full video our of Gallery Talk with Teresa Wong discussing her exhibit "Old Quilts Made New!" youtube.com/watch?v=-Yzxtabe…
NOTE! The Texas Quilt Museum will be CLOSED on Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Happy 250th birthday, America! Quilt: "Founders Star," pieced by Jewel Pearce Patterson and quilted by Marge Weisheit.
These are the panels for Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In the current exhibit "Hooked on Presidents" by Nola Heidbreder and Linda Pietz!
This quilt is "Grandmother Pearl's Flower Garden" (75" x 96") by Teresa Duryea Wong and an unknown artist. See it in the current exhibit "Old Quilts Made New!"
"They Shall Be Heard" by Mary Kay Davis. In the exhibit "My America...What It Means to Me."
"For every Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul or Elizabeth Cady Stanton, there are innumerable faceless, unknown, women who put aside their fears & doubts & spoke out for women's right to vote."
