Image Resource Galleries

If you’ve seen Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics, you know each episode is chock full of beautiful quilt images. We’ve now put all these beautiful images online in a Pinterest-friendly way, and we’re rolling out one episode at a time for your pinning pleasure.

Episode 1:
Quilts 101–Antique & Contemporary Quilts

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics - Episode 1 - Quilts 101

Eli Lilly Family Album (1847). Cotton. 104″ x 105. Gift of Louise Emerson Francke, great-great granddaughter of Eli Lilly. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Episode 2:
Quilts Bring History Alive

Crazy Friendship Quilt (detail) Mattie Layman c. 1896 Wool with cotton backing 70 1/2″ x 78 1/4″ Kentucky Library & Museum Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY

Episode 3:
The Quilt Marketplace

Quilts: An American Romance. May 12 – 17, 1980. Somerset Mall, Troy, Michigan. Courtesy Shelly Zegart.

Episode 4:
What is Art?

Summer Echo Joy Saville 1994 Cotton, linen, silk 51″ x 54″ Collection of John M. Walsh, III

Episode 5:
Gee’s Bend-The Most Famous Quilts in America?

Gee’s Bend Ferry sign.
Courtesy Joe Cunningham and Julie Silber

Episode 6:
How Quilts have been Viewed and Collected

Collection of John M. Walsh III exhibition. 2009. Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY.

Episode 7:
Empowering Women One Quilt at a Time

Tuley Park Exhibition, 1930s. Tuley Park Quilt Club.
Chicago Park District. Chicago, IL.
Courtesy of Susan Salser.

Episode 8:
Quilt Nation – 20,000,000 and Counting!

Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics - Episode 8 - 20,000,000 and Counting!

Photograph of International Quilt Festival Quilts, Inc. and International Quilt Festival Houston, Texas

Episode 9:
Quilt Scholarship: Romance and Reality

Quilt books and exhibition catalogues.
Photo by Focal Point.