Nebraska!-The Museum

One of the things the holiday time afforded was time for my hubby to get his pictures from our Nebraska trip downloaded.  So I don't overwhelm everyone with pictures (I have visions of readers scrolling down the post with a glazed look in their eyes), I will spread them out over the next few posts.

The main reason we went to Nebraska was to see the International Quilt Museum.  It was of an architectural interest to my husband since the building had won awards, and of course the quilts for me.  So here we go...

The building itself was very nice done.  The brick work hinted at quilts without being too literal. There was a lot of natural light in the common spaces and touches of quilt motifs without being overwhelming.

 

One of my favorite features was they way they used quilt motifs in neutral, subtle tones for their donor walls.

The main exhibit featured quilts using the hexagon, not my favorite but I can't help but be amazed at the number of tiny pieces that went into these quilts.

This was my favorite quilt from the second part of the exhibit which featured Nebraska quilters.  This was a more recent quilt, and unfortunately the lighting made capturing the outstanding use of color in this quilt impossible.  The actual colors were black, purple, charcoal for the dark fabric; and khaki to greenish khaki for the light fabrics.  It was stunning.

 Upstairs in the conference/classroom areas were some quilts from the local quilters.

Nice use of color

My kind of quilt--simple design, space for fun quilting

A postscript:  Since our Nebraska trip, my husband and I made another trip to see the new Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, Texas.  Again, it was the building (two historic building joined and renovated) and the exhibit that interested us.  Featuring 62 mostly award-winning quilts made in the past 25 years by Texas quilters, the exhibit was wonderful.  The space was open, airy, and well lit.  Unfortunately they didn't allow pictures, so all I have is a token photo.  Still, I would highly recommend going to anyone interested in quilts.

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