Trip to Boston's MFA to see "Quilts and Color"

Spent day with Quilty Gal Pals in Boston's 

Museum of Fine Arts to see 

Quilts and Color - 

the Pilgrim / Roy Collection

The show is Unbelievable! and runs

through July 27.

GO!

and see this fabulous collection of antique quilts.

Just LOVED the way the MFA decorated the elevator!!

Betty, Diana and Joan

myself and Diana

My FAVORITE wall ~ all applique!

 This beautiful 

"Log Cabin, Sunshine and Shadow Variation"

is dated from Illinois ~ 1870's

there are 292 log cabin blocks all done in silk

"Yellow Baskets"

 New York 1920s - 1930s

done in cotton satin

My absolute FAVORITE!

"Baltimore Album Quilt"

 From Maryland (Baltimore) ~ before 1847

The day would not be complete

without a "Selfie" of the Quilty Gal Pals!

Upcoming exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston

Wanted to share with everyone a special upcoming exhibit 

that will be at Boston's MFA.

It sound wonderful!

Grab a few friends, stop for coffee, put on some good tunes and 

ride on over to the Museum of Fine Arts

to see…..

Quilts and Color: The Pilgrim/Roy Collection

APRIL 6–JULY 27, 2014

Above: Double Wedding Ring Quilt, about 1940. Pieced cotton plain weave top, cotton plain weave back and binding; quilted. Pilgrim/Roy Collection. 

This spring, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will present Quilts and Color, an exhibition that celebrates the vibrant color palette and inventive design of the acclaimed Pilgrim/Roy Quilt Collection. Both trained artists, Paul Pilgrim and Gerald Roy acquired quilts with bold and eye-popping designs that echoed the work of mid-20th century Abstract Expressionist and Op Artists.

The exhibition opens with the vividly colored quilts that first drew the collectors’ attention and began their life-long passion. Exploring sophisticated principles of color theory, the exhibition’s opening sections display color vibrations, mixtures, gradations and harmonies in the design of the quilts ranging from the 19th to early 20th century. As their collection grew, Pilgrim and Roy turned their interest to the history of quilting and added more conventional designs. Many of these incorporated the color white to create high contrast, an effect that also plays an important role in the visual power of pieced quilts and the organization of their blocks or patterns. The exhibition’s sections—“Contrast” and “Optical Illusions”—examine this aspect of quilting in the dramatic color choices and innovative effects created within established patterns. The exhibition concludes with a final nod to the artistic vision of quilt makers and highlights artists who worked outside of standard patterns and design and applied color in inventive and striking fashion.