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'From Kente to Kuba' Opens Friday
December 3, 2018

The International Quilt Study Center & Museum will mark the opening of a new exhibition during First Friday from 4-7 p.m. on Dec. 7. 

“From Kente to Kuba: Stitched Textiles from West and Central Africa” will showcase recently acquired textiles and quilts from Ghana, Nigeria and...

Come to the Fifth Annual Friends Art Market!
November 5, 2018

Visitors will be able to shop from local artisans and tour stunning exhibitions Nov. 16-17 during Friends of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum’s Fifth Annual Art Market.

“The works displayed and available for purchase at Art Market are unique and one of a kind,” said...

First Friday at the Quilt Museum
October 29, 2018

First Friday at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum will feature the grand opening of a new exhibition as well as a pop-exhibit curated by Lincoln Public Schools students.

“Discovering the Collection: A 20-Year Journey” celebrates Curator of Collections Carolyn Ducey’s 20th...

Brackman to Lecture at Quilt Museum
October 15, 2018

Scholar and author Barbara Brackman will share the revelations found in the fabrics and patterns used in quilts during a lecture on Oct. 26 at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

“Barbara Brackman is the leading source people turn to for information about dyes and...

Laura Petrovich-Cheney Visits IQSCM
October 8, 2018

Artist Laura Petrovich-Cheney will discuss her work, now on view at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, on Thursday, October 11. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and a free lecture will begin at 5:30. 

The quilt-like constructions in “Memory and Material” are made from wooden...

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"The Importance of Being Ernest" by Jonathan Gregory (2014)
"Intertwined Threads and Costume" by Lynne Bassett (2013)
"A Whole New Light: The Significance of 20th Century Kits" by Xenia Cord (2013)
"Domesticating Quilts: Furnishings, Formalism and Folk Art” by Linda Eaton (2013)
"A Look at Old Photographs" by Joan Severa (2013)
"Jean Ray Laury: Threads of Feminism" by Nancy Bavor (2012)
"Mischief Stitched in White Thread" by Kathryn Berenson (2011)
"Early American White Bedcovers" by Laurel Horton (2011)
"The Engineer Who Could" by Jonathan Gregory (2011)
"From Global Trade to Domestic Arts" by Beverly Lemire (2011)
"Elegant Geometry: American & British Mosaic Patchwork" by Bridget Long (2011)
"Reflecting in Quilt Making Over Two Decades" by Lynn Setterington (2010)
"Ralli Quilts" by Patricia Stoddard (2010)
"Childhood Treasures: Quilts Made By and For Children" by Merikay Waldvogel (2010)
"Meet the Makers" by Patricia Crews (2009)
"Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West" by Rosemary Crill (2009)
"An Aesthetic Life: The Story of Quiltmaker Rose Kretsinger" by Jonathan Gregory (2009)
"Like Gulliver's Clothes: Early British Patchwork" by Bridget Long (2009)
"Quilts: Reflections of Trade, Technology and Tradition" by Patricia Crews (2008)
"Contemporary Quiltmaking" by Nancy Crow (2008)
"Modern, Yet Anti-Modern" by Marin Hanson (2008)
"Quilts in Common" by Jonathan Holstein (2008)
"Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye" by David Hornung (2008)
"Teaching from the IQSC" by Michael James (2008)
"Disseminating Traditional Design in a Modern World" by Janneken Smucker (2008)
"Incubating the Innovative Quilt" by Michael James (2007)
"The Ingenious and the Spiritual: How and Why We Make Things" by Stuart Kestenbaum (2007)
"Piecing and Quilting" by Susan Marks (2007)
"Reflections of a Traveling Quiltmaker/Teacher" by Paulette Peters (2007)
"Recycling & Resourcefulness" by Merikay Waldvogel (2007)
"Nebraska Quiltmakers" by Patricia Crews (2006)
"Childhood Treasures" by Mary Ghormley (2006)
"Colonial Revival Influence on Quilt Design" by Virginia Gunn (2006)
"The Underground Railroad Quilt Controversy: Looking for the 'Truth'" by Laurel Horton (2006)
"Snail Trails, Broken Dishes and a Streak of Lightning" by Mary Anne Jordan (2006)
"Our Mothers' Knees" by Jean Ray Laury (2006)
"From Fibers to Fieldwork" by Nao Nomura (2006)
"Perfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts" by Melissa Slaton (2006)