Barn Blast 4/29/11 – Announcing Quilt Documentation Days

Documentation Days at the Art Museum 2010

Quilt Documentation Days

June 25 and 26, 2011

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

Calling all quilts and the people who love them! Help us save the stories in the stitches by bringing your precious family heirlooms (or modern creations) to Quilt Documentation Days at the WMQFA’s farmstead. For just $5, we will record the history of the quilt, create a detailed description, take a digital image, and save this information in our archives.

We will include your quilt in an online database, the Quilt Index (www.quiltindex.org), where it can be accessed and studied for years to come, at no charge. Our trained volunteers can tell you when and how your antique quilt was made, and give suggestions on proper care and storage.

Quilt Documentation Days coincides with Cedarburg’s popular Strawberry Festival. You can start your day at our farmstead, where there is ample parking off Struck Lane, and take the hay wagon into downtown Cedarburg to enjoy the festivities. Don’t miss the WMQFA’s booth, behind Savon Nouveau, where we’re selling cool beverages, sandwiches, bruschetta and more!

Viewing the Quilt Index website:

Good news! We now have 110 quilts entered into the Quilt Index, and that number is growing every day, thanks to our busy volunteers. If you’d like to see them, click on the link below, then click Browse, Collections, and Wisconsin Quilt History Project.

http://www.quiltindex.org