Okay, shameless plug #2: Kinder Komforts is an exhibition of Amish crib quilts just opened at the New England Quilt Museum. It is breathtaking. Walking through the galleries is a surreal, sublime experience. The color, designs and workmanship are both educational and inspirational. (I came home and climbed over 3 projects in progress just to get to my stash to see if I had any solid colors I could start playing with.) As shown by the above quilt, Spider Web, many of the quilts in the exhibit are from the Sara Miller Collection of Midwestern Amish Crib Quilts .One of the side galleries features a grouping of quilts, each done in dark, luminescent blues and blacks. It is a small, intimate room and the sensory experience is overwhelming. The museum's classroom has a very special exhibit of several ( 30? ) miniature Amish quilts that were recently gifted to the museum.
It is amazing to see how "modern" and contemporary some of these crib quilts appear in their design, color and conception. When you look at the information on some of the labels, you can't believe they are c.1915 pieces. Amazing! Exuberant! You will be KOMFORTED to the inner recesses of your soul, I promise.
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