{"id":11297,"date":"2025-06-07T00:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T06:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=11297"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:10:54","slug":"documenting-our-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/documenting-our-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Documenting Our Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have been quilting for for over 30 years – since the early 90s – when I stumbled onto the quilt magazine section at my local grocery store. As those decades have slid by, with millions of stitches passing under my fingers, I have developed more of an interest in the history of quilting. Partially because there are many beloved quilters who have passed into the history of our art and craft…and I remember their inspiration with fondness.

Over the years, despite the fact that I have always been interested in making contemporary quilts, I have also been exposed to more and more historic quilts in exhibits and lectures. One thing that always catches my attention, is that so many of the quilters who precede us…..are documenting the times they live in….and it has made their quilts more precious.

Perhaps in the past we have documented the landmarks in our family history – such as graduations, weddings, babies, summer vacations, special honors, and memorials. When we live in historic times, our attention may turn to events that are larger than our family and our community. Museums are full of quilts about national and global events. When you visit the museum in the basement of the Ford Theater in Washington DC, there is an autograph quilt<\/a><\/strong> created in 1864 as a fundraiser for the US Sanitary Fair. It was signed by many well-known politicians, artists, military and religious leaders of the time. Among the signatures are those of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I mentioned this awhile ago, but I will remind you to think about creating a historic quilt for America’s Semi-Quincentennial next year. (250th anniversary) I have made 3 so far<\/a><\/strong>, that will be displayed at the Virginia Quilt Museum, and the New England Quilt Museum. Your Semi-Quin chronicle quilt will also become part of history, and the story you tell will speak to someone in the future. Be sure to put a detailed label on the back, to record the provenance for future generations.

History is being made now, and your quilt will become part of that history.

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Luana and Paul

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