New York Armory Red and White Quilt Show

Yesterday I went to the

New York City Armory

to see the Red and White quilt show

On display were 615 quilts

All the private collection of one woman.

They were so beautifully displayed

hanging lit overhead

but you were still able to get up close to some

The fact that they shared a common palate

made the patterns all the more compelling as you were not distracted by

the use of different colors

The work was exquisite

and thinking that a lot of it was done by candlelight

or gaslamp....

Now where are my needle and thread.............



All photographs by Helen James