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Recently my ride-or-die/neighbor/friend Linda suggested a day-trip to Golden, Colorado to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Our timing worked out perfectly — we happened to choose a bright and sunny afternoon following a days of snow to make our 1.5-ish hour trek to Golden.
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The museum is small but mighty! Since we arrived right as the doors opened, we had their docent’s full attention. This was immensely helpful to me, as I became immediately aware that I didn’t know jack about the process of quilting.
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Steve, on the other hand, knows his stuff (and, naturally, is a quilter himself). He gave me a crash course on how quilts are made, what to look for in a quilt, and the specific techniques that were used for all of the quilts in their current exhibition. (The museum has a permanent collection of quilts, but also features a rotating exhibition of quilts made to a specific prompt — in this instance, the quilts all used a method called English paper piecing.)
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By the end of our tour I knew how to hunt for different approaches to the piecing, fussy cutting, interesting quilting stitch patterns, and more. There is much more intricacy involved beyond what I picked up, but I walked away with enough to really appreciate the artwork in the museum. So labor-intensive!
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Below are a few shots of my favorite quilt on display. It features images of gemstones in bright jewel tones, and the quilt itself took an irregular form. It’s a quilt after my own heart for sure.
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Linda preferred the quilt, below, with its artful “unraveling” at the edges of the flowers.
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Thank you, Linda, for sharing another of your interests with me and for giving me the chance to learn about a type of craft I’ve never studied before. Now I must fight my usual tendency to become completely obsessed with said craft and come home bearing armfuls of wild and motley fabrics…
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P.S. The next exhibition is quilts by men! I love this!
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