For the next part of our adventure we flew to Nebraska! Allie is on the Quilt Alliance board and they were having their annual meeting during the day. I found plenty to entertain myself with during the day! I went to the Durham Museum in Omaha and it was nice! Also, no day would be complete if a girl didn't go to the mall...
That evening the Quilt Alliance had an event called Quilters Take Omaha and it was held at the newly located Accuquilt headquarters. Did you know that all employees at Accuquilt have to spend 2 hours a week on company time making quilts in their Dream Studio? What a great company to work for!
One of the purposes of the Quilt Alliance is to document quilts and quiltmakers so their stories will not be lost. Have you ever found an old quilt and wondered why the person made it? Pictured above is Marin Hanson, Curator of Exhibitions for the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. During the course of the evening several quilts were displayed and a video recording was made of the person speaking about the quilt's story. Marin choose a quilt from the IQSC and she had three minutes to explain the meaning of this quilt. All videos made by the Quilt Alliance are then filed in the Library of Congress and are available for viewing. What a wonderful way to preserve quilt history!
One member of the board, Linda Pumphrey, was retiring from the board and she was gifted with an amazing portrait of herself made by up and coming artist/quilter Luke Haynes. It was a wonderful evening but the BIGGEST reason for coming to Nebraska was going to happen the next day! Be still my heart....
We traveled to the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln to see the crazy quilt of all crazy quilts! Yes, we were taken to the storage area of the facility and allowed to view....MY CRAZY DREAM! Yes, that is the crazy quilt that is on Penny McMorris's book! To tell you I was in heaven doesn't even describe it...do you see the smile on Allie's face? It truly was a magical moment and that quilt is beyond description and NO picture around can do it justice!
It was the best ending for a very wonderful trip and two very happy crazy quilters!
Talk to you later,
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