Twelve winning entries are the centerpiece
of a juried exhibition of fine contemporary quilts
on view at the American Textile History Museum
in Lowell, Massachusetts beginning August 11,
2002. In all, the ATHM exhibit, From the Mills:
Contemporary Quilters, Historic Designs, includes
thirty-three quilts chosen in a contest sponsored
by the Museum and P&B Textiles.
Wild Goose Variation
made by Mabeth Oxenreider
of P&B Textiles' From the Mills collection.
The exhibition celebrates a new collection of historically accurate reproduction printed fabrics by P&B Textiles of Burlingame, California. The new line, called From the Mills, is based on fabric designs from the Museum's textile collection of historic mill sample books. The group of fabrics is composed of eight late nineteenth-century patterns in 30 colorways from four New England mills: Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Arnold Print Works, Allen Print Works, and Merrimack Manufacturing Company. Each design is produced in one original colorway and in coordinating colors. All juried entries in the exhibition used From the Mills fabrics for 75 percent of the quilt top design.
Nancy Rink, Bakersfield, California
Desert Star, 1st place, bed quilt
According to the Museum's curator Karen Herbaugh, the eight new reproduction designs date from 1876 to 1899 and come from the Museum's collection of five million textile samples.
The First Place Winner in the bed quilt category is Desert Star, made by Nancy Rink, Bakersfield, California. In the wall hanging category, the First Place winner is Jenny Carr Kinney's Chocolate Stars. Ms. Kinney is from Ventura, California. To see all the quilts exhibited in From the Mills: Contemporary Quilters, Historic Designs, click here.
Jenny Carr Kinney, Ventura, California
Chocolate Stars, 1st place, wall hangingt
Special programs relating to the exhibition will feature children's activities in the Textile Learning Center, as well as lectures and workshops for adults. For a complete listing, click here.
From the Mills fabrics are available at independent quilt stores nationwide.
Exhibition support for From the Mills: Contemporary Quilters, Historic Designs has been provided by P&B Textiles, Bernina of America, and Fairfield Processing Company.
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