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'REDWORK' INSPIRES NEW FABRIC LINE
The Michigan State University Museum worked with fabric designer Susie Osburn to create "Redworks," a reproduction fabric line from Windham Fabrics released this fall.

Redwork is a style of decorative needlework so-named because the technique usually entails using red thread to embroider designs onto a plain white background. It is also the focus of a special exhibition, "Redwork: A Textile Traditon in America," in the Heritage Gallery. An online version of the exhibit is featured at the national Quilt Index research and reference website.

The "Redworks" fabric line includes designs drawn from four quilts in the MSU Museum's Kitty Clark Cole Collection made circa 1890-1900, the time period when Redwork was most popular.



To learn more about the MSU Museum quilts that inspired
the "Redworks" reproduction fabric line, click on the quilts.
Mennonite Pineapple Liberty Tree Postage Stamp Variable Star Amish Friendship Sampler



Quilt Events Around the Great Lakes Region


Denotes an Event at the MSU Museum

2008


Summer-Fall, 2008
Quilt Gardens Tour
Indiana Amish Country


April 18-November 10, 2008
Stitches of Devotion Exhibit
Elkhart County Historical Museum, Elkhart, IN


April 20, 2008
- 2010
Stitches of Devotion: Quilts and Coverlets of Elkhart County Exhibit
Elkhart County Historical Museum, Goshen, IN


August 23-October 25, 2008
Birmingham Historical Museum Quilt Exhibit
556 West Maple, Birmingham, MI
Contact: Ann Larson, alarson@ci.birmingham.mi.us


September 16, 2008

Meena Schaldenbrand, lecture
Log Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo, MI


September 18-19, 2009
Patsy Thompson, lecture and workshop
Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, M


September 18 & 20, 2008

Sandy Voiken, lecture and workshop
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


September 19-21, 2008
Michelle Mitchell, lecture and workshops
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild, Ann Arbor, MI


September 20-21, 2008
Times to Remember Quilt Show
Wolcott Mill Historical Center, Ray Township, MI
Contact: Janet Spunar, 800-477-3175


September 23, 2008
Sharon Schamber, lecture and workshops
West Michigan Quilters Guild, Wyoming, MI


September 24, 2008
Virginia Anderson, quilt documentation
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


September 26-28, 2008
American Sewing Expo
Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, MI


October 3-4, 2008
26th Annual Festival of Quilts and Crafts Show
Dearborn United Methodist Church, Dearborn, MI
Contact: 313-563-5200


October 3-4, 2008
9th Annual Quilt Show
1001 East Newburg Rd., First Methodist Church, Durand, MI


October 3-5, 2008
Quilts on the Grand Show, West Michigan Quilters Guild
Delta Plex, Grand Rapids, MI


October 4, 2008
Helping Hands quilting marathon
Quilters Against Cancer, Fremont, MI


October 9-12, 2008
Edyta Sitar, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


October 10-11, 2008
Quilt and Craft Show
First United Methodist Church of Ferndale, 22331 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI
Contact: Liz Nasser, 248-548-0366


October 11, 2008
Patchwork in the Pines Quilt Show
Rumpled Quilts Kin Guild
St. Francis School, Traverse City, MI


October 16, 2009
Elsie Vredenburg, lecture
Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, MI


October 16-19, 2008
The Pumpkin Patch Run Shop Hop
Guildcrafters', Berkley, MI
Jennifer's, Pinkney, MI
Monarch Quilts, Brighton, MI
Sew What, Southgate, MI
The Stitchery, Howell, MI
The Quilt Patch, Tecumseh, MI
The Quilters Cotton Patch, Dexter, MI


October 16-19, 2008
Pam Hiveley, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


October 16 & 18, 2008

Sue Holdaway Heys, lecture and workshop
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


October 17-18, 2008
Lapeer Quilt Show
Trinity Methodist Church, 1310 North Main, Lapeer, MI
Contact: Gloria Haynes, 810-664-9941


October 20-25, 2008
The Quilts of East Africa exhibit
Ailsa Craig Recreation Centre, Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada
Contact: Cotton-By-Post Quilt Shop


October 21, 2008

Jamie Wallen, lecture
Log Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo, MI


October 21, 2008

Carol Loessel, lecture and workshop
Metro Detroit Quilt Guild, Harper Woods, MI


October 23-26, 2008
Amy Davidson, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


October 25 and November 1, 2008

Debra Danko, workshop
Genessee Star Quilters, Flint, MI
Contact: Carolyn Malaski, cfmalaski@aol.com


October 29-30, 2008
Maureen Lapinski, lecture and workshop
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


November 14-16, 2008
Esterita Austin, lecture and workshops
Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild, Ann Arbor, MI


November 18, 2008

Esterita Austin, lecture
Log Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo, MI


November 19, 2008
Jnks Sisters, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


November 20, 2008

Mary Andrews, lecture
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


November 25, 2008
Debra Danko, lecture
West Michigan Quilters Guild, Wyoming, MI


2009


January 15 & 17, 2009

Linda Theifoldt, lecture and workshop
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


January 27, 2009
Carol Soderlund, lecture and workshops
West Michigan Quilters Guild, Wyoming, MI


January 28, 2009
Linda Knop, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


March 25, 2009
Joan DeRue, lecture
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


March 27-28, 2009
Saginaw Piecemaker's 27th Quilt Show, Stars...Like Diamonds in the Sky!


April 16, 2009

Beth Wheeler, lecture
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


April 24-25, 2009
Quilted Treasures, Genessee Star Quilters Show
Flushing United Methodist Church, Flushing, MI
Contact: Carolyn Malaski, cfmalaski@aol.com


April 24-25, 2009
Metro Detroit Quilt Guild Show
Roseville Recreation Center, Roseville, MI


April 29, 2009
Sue DeWitt, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


April 30-May 3, 2009
Kay Nichols, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


May 21, 2009

Michelle Mitchell, lecture
Cameo Quilters, Clawson, MI


May 27, 2009
Eve Agee, lecture and workshop
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


June 24, 2009
Wanda Warby, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


June 25-28, 2009
Nancy Odom, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


August 26, 2009
Beth Ferrier, trunk show and lecture
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


August 27-30, 2009
Joan Shay, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


September 30, 2009
Nolita Wacaster, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


October 28, 2009
Ami Davison, trunk show
Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI


October 22-25, 2009
Sue Nickels, workshops
Thunder Bay Resort, Hillman, MI


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