What's New on "New Pathways into Quilt History"

My next research article on John Hewson's textiles
will be available August 1 in:

The Magazine ANTIQUES

New Lectures and Workshops 2008 to 2009

"An Introduction to Collecting and Identifying Antique Quilts" by Kim Wulfert

New books reviewed by Kim
Making History: Quilts and Fabrics From 1890-1970 by Barbara Brackman

Red, Green & Beyond, by Nancy Hornback & Terry Clothier Thompson

American Quilts and Coverlets in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Amelia Peck, with the assistance of Cynthia V.A. Schaffner

The Quilter's Catalogue: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Meg Cox

Barbara Brackman's Underground Railroad Quilt Club
An online E-club of monthly in-depth articles, sources and references, patterns and discussion

Updated information and more photos - Stitching the Journey of the McHaney Rose Mosaic Quilt: 1889 to 2008 by Lenn Jackson 1884 New Orleans Exposition (aka Cotton Fair) sold the pattern for the Rose Quilt, and shown at the 1902 St. Louis World's Fair

Scandinavia to America: Quilting Through the Generations
She could put down her needle and rest. by Janet Dykstra

Read my first research article on John Hewson in . . .
"The Man of Many Vases: John Hewson, Calico Printer"
in FOLK ART Magazine
of the American Folk Art Museum Fall 2007.
To order, call: 212-265-1040, ext.124
More on John Hewson here . . .

Rare Navajo Chief Blanket
(Links to YouTube video)
See a rare Navajo blanket made for the Chief. It is THE MOST valuable item ever appraised on the Antiques Roadshow, they say. It is a hand-woven Navajo Ute First Phase wearing blanket representing the very beginnings of Navajo textile creation. The owner is shocked and thrilled with what he learns about this blanket that laid on the back of a chair for generations, and it just might be related to Kit Carson!

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