Cornucopia of Quilt Links
Special Projects and Contests
- The Alliance for American Quilts
links the world of quilts, scholarship and the general public.
- Breast Cancer Quilt Projects Part I and Part II at the Caron
Collection Gallery.
- International Quilt Study Center at
the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
- Internet Memorial Quilt
for Oklahoma City. Read about the quilt created to honor and
remember the victims of the bombing at the Murrah Federal Building
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 19, 1995. There are links to
related web sites, some of which have pictures.
- Lost Heroes Art Quilt.
Julie Feingold honors the memory of Americans who died in the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars since September 11, 2001.
Childhood pictures of fallen heroes are sewn into vintage GI Joe jackets.
She worked with
Gold Star Mothers to obtain the childhood
photographs used on the quilt.
Be sure to read the artist's
discussion
of the symbolism in the quilt.
- Lost Quilt Come Home. This web site is
dedicated to publicizing lost quilts to aid in their return to the
owner. It also offers useful information on protecting and shipping
your quilts. Here are some other web sites that publicize lost and
stolen quilts.
- Native Quilting
Traditions, a virtual quilt exhibit at the Michigan State
University Museum.
- The NAMES Project Foundation: AIDS
Memorial Quilt. Quilts made to remember those who have died of
AIDS. The foundation is headquartered in San Francisco, California,
USA.
- The WORST Quilt in the
World contest.
