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The Smithsonian African American Museum unveiled a new exhibit paying homage to Chadwick Boseman's iconic Black Panther costume.

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A beginner’s guide to thread counting on antique quilt pieces
Thread counting reveals how finely a woven textile was made by measuring the number of threads within a known distance. It can help distinguish coarse domestic…
Exploring the Star Pattern in Southern Quilts
A star in a quilt can appear simple at first glance: points radiating from a centre, repeated across a field of fabric, or enlarged into a bold medallion. In…
How the Southeastern Quilt Museum Curates Its Permanent Collection
A permanent quilt collection is more than a group of attractive textiles. Each piece carries evidence of family life, regional identity, technical knowledge…
From Military Uniforms to Memory Quilts: Stories of War and Home
A military uniform carries the shape of a person who wore it: the weight of a jacket, the faded edge of a sleeve, the marks left by years of washing and…
The art of quilt photography: capturing texture and colour
A quilt carries its history through fabric, stitching, wear and colour, yet a flat photograph can easily make those qualities disappear. Good quilt photography…
Why the Museum Displays a Replica of a 1770s Coverlet
A replica of a 1770s coverlet may seem less valuable than an original textile, yet its purpose reaches far beyond decoration. At Southeastern Quilt Museum, a…
River Valleys and the Hidden Routes of Quilt Design
Quilt patterns can look intensely local: a border learned from a grandmother, a block associated with one town, or a colour combination remembered from a…
Quilts and Climate Change: Environmental Stories Stitched in Cloth
Across regional galleries and inner-city studios, textile artists are responding to a warming planet with thread, dye, and cloth. Quilts, long associated with…
How a museum and local schools share textile history
At the Southeastern Quilt Museum, a quilt can be more than a cover for a bed. Its patches, stitches, repairs and labels can reveal migration, work, family…
Identifying Hand-Dyed Fabrics in Antique Quilts: A Practical Guide
Antique quilts carry stories stitched into every seam, and the fabrics themselves often hold the most fascinating chapters. Before the widespread availability…

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