LOGAN – This collection of Red and Green quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum of Golden, Colorado, contains twenty-five quilts, dated from 1835 through the early 20th century, stitched with red and green fabrics, a popular color combination of the era.

The collection includes some applique quilts of the 19th century, which were often made to signify great events or reserved for the most careful designs, more expensive fabrics, and best stitches.

These quilts were often made before or immediately after marriage, as crib quilts, or after all children were grown. A woman’s best quilts, made with the most expensive fabrics or intricate applique designs, were proudly displayed in the front room of her home or on a guest bed. Applique quilts of the mid-to-late 1800s show a beautiful variety of decorative motifs inspired from nature and the most careful stitches, often from popular red and green fabrics of the time.

This collection from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum holds prime examples of this beautiful era in our quilting history.

Red & Green Quilt Exhibit opens December 7, 2018, and will remain on display through January 27, 2019, at the Dane G. Hansen Museum located at 110 W. Main Street, Logan, Kansas. Museum hours are Monday through Friday 9-12 & 1-4; Saturday 9-12 & 1-5; Sunday & holidays 1-5.