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My first quilt museum visit!

September 4, 2014 / 7 Comments

Guess where I was this past weekend?  On Friday I was in Lincoln, Nebraska on my first quilt museum tour.  I went behind the scenes at the International Quilt study Center & Museum.  It was absolutely amazing and I could have easily spent days just looking at the quilts they have in storage.  Oh how I wanted to open each box!

Row after row of quilt storage at the Quilt Museum, in Lincoln Nebraska
Row after row of quilt storage at the Quilt Museum, in Lincoln Nebraska
One of many quilt safes at the Lincoln Nebraska Qult Museum
One of many quilt safes at the Lincoln Nebraska Quilt Museum

 

Wholecloth quilt dated between 1750 and 1800. Maker unknown.
Wholecloth quilt dated between 1750 and 1800. Maker unknown.

The exhibit on display was called “Log Cabin’s and Kit Quilts”.  This was my favorite Log Cabin ever!

Log Cabin Quilt, 1880 to 1900, maker unknown.
Log Cabin Quilt, 1880 to 1900, maker unknown.

From Lincoln I drove to Gretna, Nebraska for a fun retreat at the Minglewood Lodge!   The Minglewood Lodge is owned by Debbie Roberts who also owns The Quilted Moose quilt shop.  It’s the perfect combination for quilters!  Just think, you can sew all weekend and when you need a break you just drive a few miles to Debbie’s wonderful store.  It just doesn’t get any better than that.  Here’s some good news if you happen to be one of those people still trying to locate some Lily & Will fabric.  Debbie actually has some left!

The Minglewood Lodge in Gretna, Nebraska
The Minglewood Lodge in Gretna, Nebraska

Hope you all had a good weekend too!

Hugs,

Anne

7 Comments

  • Pam in Indiana

    September 4, 2014 at 1:35 pm Reply

    Hi Anne!
    We are going to Bartlesville OK in a week to visit our daughter who is a nanny for a disabled girl. Then we head up to Omaha to see our daughter who is a student at Creighton — and she is the mommy of our dear grandson, Henry Creighton (named for his great great great great grandfather, not the school!). I have heard of Gretna and just looked it up. It’s outside of Omaha. I had wanted to go to Jo Morton’s retreat a couple of weeks ago down in Nebraska City but we weren’t in Omaha. Someday I’m going to make one of her retreats when were out visiting Prince Henry!

    It sounds like you had a wonderful time and I’d also like to see the museum in Lincoln. Another thing to add to my quilting bucket list.

    I’m packing up to go quilting with my friends up in South Bend. Kallies husband bought the house next door to them — it is just for her quilting and knitting! There are 6 of us who go there about 4x a year. We call it ND for “Next Door”, not Notre Dame.

    We are going to ND this weekend for the last ever Michigan game!

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