Back to the Quilt Museum!

 I know, I was supposed to be back here to finish up the photos from the Museum Quilt Museum in Hamilton, but.............well, we've been a little busy.  You just don't realize how dirty your house is until you move everything for new flooring, or how much dirtier it will become in the flooring process.  And, it took longer because we had to order more flooring.  But the project is basically finished now and everything is about back in place.............photos to come.

So, back to the museum visit...........

There was an entire classroom (remember, this museum is in an old school building) full of the most amazing miniature quilts.  It was the Pat Kuhn Miniature Quilt Exhibit.

Unlike the ones I saw at the International Quilt Museum in Nebraska where there were only 3-4 quilts displayed on a shelf in a corner, these were displayed on the sweetest little beds and they were truly amazing.  I put my hand in the photo above for some perspective of the size.

There were so many of them!  

They were truly amazing.  

Note the little tiny pillows and lace edged sheet and pillow cases below..........

They were very inspiring.  My friend Mary gave me a set of postcards, one for each month of the year, and each one has the pattern for a small quilt.  I may have to get those out and work on them.  I probably won't need to purchase any fabric for quilts that small.

There were displays in the hallways as well...........we are always teasing David about choosing the biggest knife in the block for the smallest cutting jobs, well, this was the rotary cutter for him!  They had also taken some old school lockers and made an interactive display with quilt blocks on the doors and you had to guess the name of the block and then open the locker to check your answer.

There was a huge display of toy sewing machines..............

And I liked this quilt using old embroidery pieces in it.  There was so much to see.  The hallways were lined with stuff and I didn't take photos of anywhere near all of it.

Their "National Gallery" featured the quilts of Ann Petersen, the "Obsessive Quilter".   These were some fabulous quilts. 

This next one was David's favorite...........

Up close of the quilting design.........

There was so much to see.  I highly recommend this museum.  It is on three levels of the old school, but even walking the halls was interesting.  

We also enjoyed this display of thimbles...........so many different ones!  

The thimble display was by the RV Quilters - doesn't this sound like the ideal life!  Traveling by RV and Quilting!  Apparently the thing to do is collect thimbles along your travels.  They had obviously been lots of places.

And this concludes the trip to Hamilton.  It was fun, and I'd go back and do it all again!

Christi