Cory and I made a quick trip this weekend to the Aurora Quilt show at the Old Aurora Colony Museum. It's always such a great setting! They rotate the museum's antique quilts, so I do see many of the same ones every few years. Why is it I don't get tired of seeing them?
First up today is the antique quilts I love so much. Not all of these belong to the museum.
I've seen this one before, but this year it really caught my eye.
It had this great butterscotch border with that brown print! And look at that star print!!
I feel a very green quilt creeping up in the near future....
Great colors.
Lovely quilting.
Hope you enjoyed the show!
Wow - Thanks for the great photos!
ReplyDeleteI just did a presentation on Emma Wagner Griesy from the Aurora Colony for my History of Quilting group. Thank you for sharing your photos of some of the quilts in the museum.
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to your annual post about this show. Fabulous quilts!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilts. I wouldn't get tired of them, either.
ReplyDeleteLove them all especially the red and green Tulip. Thank you so much for sharing. I bet you had fun.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilts! I can see why you like to go see them! That green color is yummy; definitely needs to be added to my list! Wendy at piecefulthoughts@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks you Lori! It has been like to have my own tour inside the museum!
ReplyDeleteHard to pick a favorite. I do like the log cabin quilt very much. And, of course, the red and green applique quilt. But the quilt with the scrappy strips of flying geese blocks is oh so interesting. The placement of the lights and darks vary from block to block and changes the look of the blocks as I study them.
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a bunch of scrumptious inspiration. Thank you for showing these!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Hope to make it to the show some year.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Hope to make it to the show some year.
ReplyDeleteThe quilts are beautiful ♥
ReplyDeleteI did enjoyed this post a lot. I am grateful you took a close up of the strippie style flying geese as I really like the pink background. Turned out to be red! lol It is still a great fabric. Love it. The green Ohio Star quilt is so you. I can see a new green quilt in your future too. :^D I have seen the blue and orange one on your blog before and I enjoyed seeing it again. I mean what's not to like; it's blue AND orange with a bonus black! My favourite colours. Thanks for taking the time to share those eye candies. I appreciate. ;^)
ReplyDeleteYes, it was very enjoyable, and I want to make them all!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, loads of inspiration, I wouldn't get tired of seeing those either.
ReplyDeleteAlways love your post on the Aurora shows as I so greatly enjoyed the books I read (actually listened to!) about the colony and Especially about Emma Geisy! She was one feisty lady! If I ever come to the West coast, that museum will be high on my list of places to visit! Hopefully to walk on the same ground she did!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt show! I am always at a loss when it comes to hand quilting my quilts. Thank you for getting some close up pictures of the hand quilting. Great ideas,now if I can only remember them :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to photograph these amazing works of art and sharing them with us! I LOVE seeing antique quilts. They are so inspirational!
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the antique quilts! I really want to come to this quilt show some year! Maybe we could meet up!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED "seeing" the show - thanks so much!! The applique quilt with the baskets is truly marvellous!! I smile to see the double lines of quilting march right across the applique and it looks fabulous! I stress over quilting designs too much. Lovely quilting in some of the other quilts too.
ReplyDeleteAlways a delight to get a vicarious visit to this display!!
ReplyDeleteLove seeing those fabrics close up!
I'm always in awe when I see what Quilter's have made in the past.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,love seeing beautiful quilts!!!
ReplyDeleteI Love the Aurora Colony story and I Love the quilts! I so want to see it in person! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilts. The hand quilting is exquisite.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your posts of Aurora show. So many cool old quilts!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these lovelies!! The hand quilting is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these lovely quilts.
ReplyDeleteDelicious! I especially love those neon prints in the flying geese quilt and the fact that the geese don't all go the same direction.
ReplyDeletelovely antique quilts...and that hawaiian....fingers itching when i spied that one!
ReplyDeletethanks Lori - love seeing these beauties!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite kind of inspiration! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great show. That cheddar with the chambray blue and white, with the gorgeous hand quilting - ahhhh so beautiful!
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