Why I Love the AAQ
Ricky Tims
AAQ advertisement, December 2008/January 2009 Issue of Quilters Newsletter
The Alliance is asking quilt enthusiasts from inside and outside of the quilt world to tell us what they love about our projects and our mission to document, preserve and share the rich history of quilts and quiltmakers. We'd like to thank famed quiltmaker and teacher (and Alliance member) Ricky Tims for sharing his favorites with us.
You can find out more about Ricky and his work at his website: http://www.rickytims.com.
Also visit The Quilt Show's website: http://www.thequiltshow.com/ - hosted by Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson and featuring regular Alliance news in the Quilt Show Newsletter.
Message from Ricky:
"Quilts and computers are a perfect combination, which is why Alex Anderson and I put our television show, The Quilt Show, online, and have used the internet to build a large but active community of quilters worldwide. The Alliance for American Quilts is another example of how computer technology is creating a golden age of quilts. At the Alliance website, you can surf the history of American quilting and see outstanding quilts of every possible category, old and new. I find the Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories interviews especially inspiring and entertaining, partly because you get inside a quilter's creative process. I also love the Quilt Treasures web portraits and the thousands of quilts on the Quilt Index. I think the Alliance for American Quilts is invaluable for quilters everywhere, and it makes me feel good to know I'm helping this incredible resource keep growing."
Ricky's picks:
From the Quilt Index
From Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories
On the Quilt Index:
Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain Road; New York Beauty
Top By/ Quilted By: Pearce, Esther
Date: c. 1880
Location Made: Tennessee (TN) USA
Project Name: Quilts of Tennessee
Contributor: Tennessee State Library and Archives
Layout Format: Block pattern
Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Blue resist
Colors: Red, Blue or Navy, Beige or Tan, White
Construction: Hand Piecing
Quilting Techniques:Hand quilting
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=TennesseeTSLA-a0a0v2-a
Girls of the Golden West
Top By/ Quilted By: Laury, Jean Ray
Date: 2001
Location Made: Colorado (CO) United States
Contributor: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Layout Format: Nontraditional or art
Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Striped, Other
Construction: Machine Piecing, Other embellishment technique
Quilting Techniques: Machine quilting
Inscription: Breaking Hearts ... Breaking Horses ... Girls of the Golden West
Other Notes: Art Quilt, "Girls of the Golden West" 2001, 31.5" x 36.5". This quilt is one of 64 art quilts that make up the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum's Rooted in Tradition Collection, which is on traveling exhibit throughout the USA through 2008. Featured in the book "Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum." How Acquired: Donated to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum by the maker, Jean Ray Laury of Clovis, CA. Ownership/History: Made by Jean Ray Laury and donated to the collection "Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum." LocMade: Clovis, CA
http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=RockyMountainQuiltMuseum-a0a1d6-a
On Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories:
(Ok, so AAQ board and staff recommend this one!)
Q.S.O.S. interview with Ricky Tims
Interviewer: Barbara Beck
Event: International Quilt Festival
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 11/3/2000
www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/qsos/interview.php?pbd=qsos-a0a1c2-a