The National Quilt Museum’s annual traveling show “New Quilts from an Old Favorite” this year is titled “New York Beauty.” The exhibit will be up Oct. 24 through Dec. 9. The Shafer Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free.
“One of the roles of a museum is not only to preserve the past, but also to link the past to the present and to the future,” Curator of the National Quilt Museum Judy Schwender said. “With that knowledge at heart, The National Quilt Museum holds an annual contest and exhibit called New Quilts from an Old Favorite. Created to acknowledge our quilt making heritage and to recognize innovation, creativity and excellence, the contest challenges today’s quilt makers to interpret a single traditional quilt block in a work of their own design.”
The New York Beauty block offers quilters a freedom from rules that are found in other quilting styles. Common rules such as straight sets, sashing and straight lines are allowed to be broken. Quilters are also freed of using identical quilt blocks. Being restricted can create challenges with creativity but being freed from those restrictions brings a whole new type of challenge.
