From the National Quilt Museum: "See National Quilt Museum quilts online on our website–more than 700 quilts, complete with information about the techniques and materials used along with statements from the artist. Director of Collection & Registrar Laura Hendrickson walks through where to find this catalog on our site and how to browse through it."
Recently The Quilt Show visited the National Quilt Museum as part of our trip to AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah. While there, we got to explore their brand new exhibit celebrating the quilts of Tula Pink entitled Twenty Years of Tula Pink. In the coming months we will feature some of these quilts that were on display in our gallery for you to admire. In the meantime, take a peek behind the curtain and see the National Quilt Museum unpack Tula's quilts and get them ready to display.
From Stylecraft Yarns: "Congratulations to veteranknitter for breaking a world record in knitting the longest scarf whilst running a marathon. He needed to beat 3.7 meters and knitted an amazing 5.5 meters!!!" If it were us, we'd probably fall down after the first inch or two, but some people are just truly talented (and well-coordinated enough) to pull off such a feat. Want to get a glimpse of veteranknitter's world record-setting scarf? Click through to see how it turned out.
Beautiful Village (Lake District) by Junko Fujiwara won the AQS Best Hand Workmanship Award at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah 2026.
Color My World by Karen Kay Buckley won the BERNINA of America Best of Show award at AQS QuiltWeek - Paducah 2026.
See Radiant Ripples, an improv quilt by Nina Clotfelter that was a little bit out of the norm for her to make, but one that she had a lot of fun making.
Tangerine Tango by Jan Frazer won First Place - Hand Quilted Quilts at AQS QuiltWeek - Daytona Beach 2026.
See Something Fishy, a quilt by Gail Garber that was so fun for her to make that she made a pattern of it for everyone else to make too.
Peacock Hoedown by Laurie Tigner won First Place - Large Quilts - Movable Machine at AQS QuiltWeek - Daytona Beach 2026.
See The Gift I Share, a quilt by Carol Ann McCandless that was created using the quilt pattern Wrapt In Love by Esther Aliu.
See Game On Jack, a quilt by Carol Ann McCandless that takes its name from the traditional game of jacks.
Pencil Quilt Red by Yasuyo Kon won First Place - Large Quilts - Stationary Machine at AQS QuiltWeek - Daytona Beach 2026.
The National Quilt Museum's New Quilts From An Old Favorite exhibit has returned, this time with a focus on food. A challenge was sent out to quilters to create a quilt under the following conditions: "The quilt must be about food in some recognizable way and include an interpretation of a block pattern of the artist’s choosing." As usual, a wide variety of spectacular original designs have been chosen that whole heartedly, or should we say whole stomached-ly, embraced the theme of food, and are now on display at the museum.
From the Quilt Index: "I'm excited to announce the Quilt Index is the home for Barbara Brackman's excellent Quilt Detective series. Brackman wrote over 150 articles on quilt identification for the subscription service from 2005-2011. These articles are the perfect place to brush up on your dating skills or start your quilt history journey."
Enjoy The History of Quilting in Four Minutes, narrated by Padraic Fisher, National Wool Museum Director. Created for the National Wool Museum, Geelong exhibition Necessity: waggas and the art of making do, 2021.
From the American Folk Art Museum: "On May 6, the American Folk Art Museum celebrates its 65th anniversary by recognizing three remarkable leaders whose work expands the possibilities of art and culture. The evening promises to be extraordinary as we honor a vibrant slate of visionaries, including contemporary self-taught artist vanessa german; Broadway icon and talented quilter Harvey Fierstein; and Elizabeth V. Warren, folk art scholar, curator, collector, and AFAM's outgoing Board President, for her forty-plus years of transformative leadership."
From the National Quilt Museum: "We’re excited to share an in-depth conversation with the legendary quilter Ted Storm and The National Quilt Museum’s executive director, Bonnie Schrock. Ted gives a tour of her quilting room in the Netherlands and reflects on her remarkable quilting journey."
Embroidery Extravaganza is a full day of inspiration and technique, featuring incredible sessions from Judith Baker Montano and other amazing instructors, including our very own Alex Anderson. Don’t miss this: register now with Alex's special link / code (ee26alex) and save $20. Spots are limited—and this complete silk-stitching process doesn’t get shared anywhere else in this much detail! Click through to find out what Alex will be teaching at the extravaganza!
Textile artists 35 and younger are invited to submit their artwork to the debut YEA! Exhibition, taking place at the 2026 Houston International Quilt Festival. The show is curated by Lisa Ellis and Katie Pasquini, who have teamed up to curate a juried art show for young artists in the quilting art space. With cash prize and networking opportunities, we hope this show shines a spotlight on new artists in the textile space.