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| The first room was where they "assess and score" the quilts that have been submitted for consideration. |
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| Two quilts were being assessed that morning...this one, from a French Designer (it had a lot of raw edge silk) |
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| This quilt will be part of a special exhibit that will be hung this fall. It's called "Cheddar"...(DON'T YOU LOVE IT??) |
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| Then, we entered the very controlled area where most of the quilts are stored. Very few quilts are actually on display. |
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| These cabinets hold drawers...where the most fragile quilts are laid out, and stored FLAT. |
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| The bulk of the quilts in the collection are locked away in this climate controlled warehouse, carefully indexed, then folded and stored in these special archival boxes. |
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| When a quilt arrives, it's put into a two week "quarantine" to make sure it doesn't have dust mites, moths or insects that might contaminate the collection. |
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| Row after row...hundreds of boxes...all with cataloged quilts... |
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| It was such a special tour. |
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| Rhonda specifically wanted to see this leather quilt. It is a raring horse... |
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| Nobody had to tell us to NOT TOUCH THE QUILTS. We looked closely...and we studied the stitches...but nobody even came close to putting a finger on these works of art. |
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| The quilting on this leather quilt was little horses...can you see it? |
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| Really...horses everywhere...and thousands of lines of stitches... |
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| Our docent turned up a corner, so we could see the stitching on the back side. |
I'm actually FB friends with the designer of the leather quilt. She is amazing and has only been doing it for a few years. Hoping she'll come to Expo some day.
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