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| The National Quilt Museum Paducah, Kentucky |
We visited the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky on
September 10, 2018. The admission price to the museum is only $12 for
those under 62.
The first display we saw when we reached the museum had nothing to
do with quilts. Prominently displayed on the front lawn of the museum
was a set of statues entitled “ON THE TRAIL OF DISCOVERY’. The
set honors Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Native Americans
that helped them on their travels to the Pacific Ocean. In 1827,
William Clark paid $5.00 in fees to transfer the land where Paducah
and McCracken County now stand. In contrast to that, Seaman, the
Newfoundland dog that is portrayed in the display, was bought by
Meriwether Lewis for $20.00 in 1803.
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| "On The Trail Of Discovery" Paducah, Kentucky |
Our earliest memories associated with a quilt are waking up on cold winter mornings snugly wrapped up in quilts our grandmother had made. We heated our home with coal stoves until changing over to gas space heaters towards the end of our grade school days. Many winter mornings the house was chilly until the coal was replenished. In addition to our regular quilts, our grandmother and her mother made quilts for special occasions such as weddings or births. Furthermore, no shirt was ever just thrown away because it could become part of a quilt top.
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| Whirling Star Kansas City Star Quilt Pattern |
Some of the quilts, like those created from patterns that appeared in The Kansas City Star Newspaper (1928-1961), reminded us of those our
grandmother made. But most were very elaborate works of art. One
gallery was called, “Color-Play In Portraits” and included a
portrait of Muhammad Ali that was quite good.
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| Muhammad Ali |
We were also impressed by an American Flag quilt. Some quilts had
a 3-D appearance and others used geometric designs to create a
psychedelic effect. The most unusual quilt was a wooden quilt called
“Floating”. The museum was
interesting and deserves a visit. If you are a quilter, you may want
to go more than once.
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| "Floating" By Fraser Smith |
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