I went to the New England Quilt Museum yesterday. There was an exhibit of antique quilts from the Gerald Roy/Paul Pilgrim collection. Many of the quilts were Amish style-solids in patterns such as Ninepatch, row quilts with elaborate quilting. The quilting was gorgeous. Lots of complicated feathers.
Sadly, there weren't very many quilts shown; 30-40 at the most. The lighting was really low. Too low, actually. We could barely see the quilts to be honest. Very sad. I hope this is a brief lapse.
do you happen to be in sf? if so, you should email me, we’re trying to get together a san fran quilter’s group. soemthign casual just to meet others ;P
misshb AT gmail DOT com
The old dyes can’t take the lights. antique quilts can fade in a matter of hours (I had a green one fade in six hours of being on the back of a sofa…ouch!), so if they are on view for any length of time, it’ll be dim. Just know that you’re viewing them in their natural setting, before halogen lighting. The stitching is actually pretty awful on most ‘antique’ quilts anyway.
Camilla: thanks for the info. I am shocked that a quilt could fade in 6 hours, but totally believe you. Still, it was really dark and hard to see the quilts. I love your attitude of viewing them in their original context! The stitching was gorgeous as they were mostly Amish.
BTW, started the tote bag with the fabric I bought from your shop. Stay tuned!