In Lincoln, NE, our Tyler Arboretum membership gained us free entry into the International Quilt Museum.
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| International Quilt Museum (est 1997, building 2008, by Robert A M Stern Architects) is home to the largest known public collection of quilts in the world, dating from the 1600s and from 65 countries |
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| Outside the museum entrance is Reverie (2008, by Linda Fleming) of the Sheldon Museum of Art also located on the campus of University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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| Common Threads: Album Quilts of Ohio's Miami Valley in the Coryell Gallery (KSS) |
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| Jesse Arnett Album (1912, by Gertrude Olinger Arnett) |
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| Miniature Costumes and Quilts: Geeta Khandelwal's Labor of Lovein the Von Seggem Gallery (KSS) |
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| Quilt (1870-1900, for royal family of Patiala, Punjab, India) was displayed with a miniature version created by Geeta Khandelwal in the same regional style |
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| Quilt detail of embroidery |
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| Lassi ralli/Simple Quilt (1950-2000, by a member of the Saami ethnic group, Pakistan) (KSS) |
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| Lassi ralli detail (KSS) |
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| Ralli-style Quilt (c 2015, by Geeta Khandelwal) (KSS) |
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| Angarakha/Men's Robe (c 1830, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India) |
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| Miniature replicas of men's robes: most in the Chogha style, except the top row third from left is an Angarakha, the second in the middle row is a Jama, and the third from left in the middle row is a Sherwani |
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| Crazy Eight (2018, by Laura Petrovich-Cheney) is a "quilt" made from salvaged wood (KSS) |
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| Come Again Kabuki (2000s, by Yvonne Porcella) (KSS) |
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| Divine Radiation (1980s, by Jane Sassaman) |
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| American Still Life: The Weight of the Nation (2010s, by the Pixieladies) (KSS) |
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| Home is Where the Army Sends Us (2010s, by Kristin La Flamme) |
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| Regeneration (2010s, by Betty Busby) |
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| The Story of My Life (2000s, by Misik Kim) |
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| The Story of My Life detail shows that this is like a reverse quilt |
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| Pattern of Least Regret (1970s, by Sylvia H Einstein) |
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| Pattern of Least Regret detail: the black hearts are made from the artist's husband's socks, and the labels are her laundry labels in her maiden name |
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| Not Even Solomon (2000s, by Ruth De Vos) (KSS) |
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| Not Even Solomon detail shows that this quilt is entirely pieced (KSS) |
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| Winter (1990s, by Elizabeth Busch) (KSS) |
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| Tamiko & Kent with Geometric (2010s, by Fumiko Nakayama) |
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| Geometric used the mola technique (from Panama) of layering the fabric, each layer cut smaller to reveal a portion of the layer below |
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| Traveling from Dawn to Dusk (2000s, by B J Adams, a pioneer in thread painting; here seen in the hands and feet, and the two "paintings") |
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| Moonlight (2000s, by Jane Burch Cochran) is embellished with buttons, gloves, and doilies (KSS) |
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| Pattern Fusion No 14 - Motherboard No 5 (2010s, by Arturo Alonzo Sandoval) is made with repurposed industrial mylar, microfilm, monofilament and threads, holographic film and Pellon interfacing |
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| Placemaking: Quilts and the Creation of Special Places in the Gottsch Gallery |
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| Chair upholstered with a quilt in the Ghormley Reading Room |
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| Chair quilt detail |
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| Miniature bed quilt display in the Ghormley Reading Room (KSS) |
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| Grand Staircase |
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| The public can view the Dillow Conservation Work Room |
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| US Presidents (2017, by Greta Mikkelsen) features collectible silk premiums from Mogul Cigarettes (1905) |
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| Old Masters (2020, by Greta Mikkelsen) features collectible silk premiums from Phillips BVD Cigarettes |
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