Reflecting the variety of peoples, resources, and activities of the Great Lakes region, the Michigan State University Museum is home to a spectacular quilt collection of unusually rich ethnic and artistic diversity. 10 quilt projects based on the "best of the best" from the Museum's collection of over 500 quilts; Includes a full-color photo gallery of selected quilts from the Museum; "Great Lakes, Great Quilts," a reproduction fabric line from RJR Fashion Fabrics, will be released in September 2001; The "Great Lakes, Great Quilts" quilt challenge will be announced in the December 2001 issue of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine; Learn about Native American, African-American, and European immigrant quilting traditions found in the region; Highlights 4 special collections of quilts held by the Museum as well as significant individual quilts
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Marsha MacDowell is the Curator of Folk Arts for the Michigan State University Museum. She is responsible for the research and documentation that resulted in the Michigan Quilt Project, as well as the Museum's African American and Native American quilt collections. The MSU Museum actively networks with thousands of quilters in the Great Lakes region. Marsha lives in East Lansing, Michigan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Seems I've seen this before,
By Carol H. Miller (www.Quilt University.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Great Lakes, Great Quilts: From the Michigan State University Museum (Paperback)
Rather than being a study of quilts native to the area in the title, this is a celebration of the collection at the MSU Museum. It includes international textiles and works from Hawaii, as well as American Indian and African-American collections. This diffusion and the resulting explanations make it hard to get very emotionally involved with any of the quiltmakers. In fact, there was a scholarly dryness about all of the text that was unlike many of the state and regional quilt documentation books. The book also includes 12 projects based on quilts in the collection, showing both the original and the new model made by Michigan quilters.
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