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International Quilt Study Center & Museum

A new exhibition: "Pojagi: Patchwork and Quilts from Korea" will run through November 16, 2008. Exhibit iincludes wrapping cloths, examples of Korean traditional dress, ceremonial articles, every day accessories such as pincushions, as well as several high fashion evening gowns inspired by pojagi.

Snippets

  • "It's not about patience, or the patterns she's learned| It's not for the ribbons or the money she's earned| Her heart is so full, it spills out through her fingers| Right into each quilt that she sews| In the heart of a quilt, she's home. - from 'In the Heart of a Quilt' song by Cathy Miller, The Singing Quilter
  • Art needlework (a type of surface embroidery popular in the later nineteenth century) was introduced to America at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
  • The most expensive quilt ever sold at auction is a Civil War-era quilt known as the Reconciliation Quilt, bought for $264,000 at Sotheby's in 1991.
  • quilt postcard greetings