Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University
Quilt Stories from the Museum of Texas Tech University
Dr. Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D., Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University shares images of vintage quilts from their collection and tells their fascinating stories.
Early Needlework Tools Exhibition
Learn about Sumptuous Stitches and Tiny Treasures, an exhibit at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Feed Sack Quilt from Dallas Area
Sometimes a lovely donation comes into the Museum with little or no information as to its original maker or occasion for the piece, as the quilt was purchased at an estate sale or auction. One of these “orphan” quilts was exhibited as part of the feed sack exhibit, Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households, at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Feed Sack Quilts
Today the collection of feed sack materials at the Museum of Texas Tech University numbers over 6,000 items and is likely the largest collection of these materials in public hands.
Feed Sacks Featured in Country Music Documentary
If you had a chance to see the Ken Burns documentary, Country Music, you might have noticed that several of the performers had a tie to flour companies. Some of these relate to objects in the exhibit “Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households.”
Finishing Tops
Many quilters are stymied by the idea of perfection. Every point must line up and every stitch must be perfect; in reality, finished is far better than perfect. The hang-up about perfection has resulted in too many unfinished quilt tops. Learn more about Linda Fisher and how she finished one of her "abandoned" tops.
Fisher Quilt Exhibit Treats
Linda Fisher was a prolific quilter beginning with her first quilt as an adult in 1994 and continuing through to 2019. She taught many in West Texas to quilt.
Football Hero's Quilt
A Fan pieced block pattern quilt came into the collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University in 2015. The donor found it at an estate sale in Lubbock and noticed that it bore the name “Leete Jackson.” For football enthusiasts the name Leete Jackson is as important in Lubbock as current football superstars Patrick Mahomes or Troy Aikman.
Four Seven Sisters Quilts
It's fascinating how the same quilt pattern can be interpreted so differently. The traditional Seven Sisters pattern, for example, can look completely different depending on the color choices. Museums rarely display multiple variations of a single quilt pattern, since space is limited and curators typically select only one or two examples.
Fresh Starts
Not much is known today about this beautiful pale pink and aqua satin quilt designed with padded puffs of satin fabric around a rectangular pink satin center, but the quilt is well worth a look.
Friendship in Pink and Red
The featured quilt was made by The South Plains Quilt Guild in 2012 for long-time member Jackie Reis. It is titled “Sisters Memory Quilt for Jackie Reis from S. P. Q. G., Lubbock, TX 2012.” Each block lists the handwritten name of the maker in Pigma pen.