Editor's Note: To celebrate the grand opening of the newly expanded Quilt House gallery, International Quilt Study Center & Museum team members are blogging about pieces in the gallery's inaugural exhibition, "Getting to Know You." Patchwork, maker unknown, Thailand, circa 1980. IQSCM 2008.012.0006. By Marin Hanson Curator of Exhibitions Repeating triangles. It's a thing with quiltmakers everywhere. This quilt from Thailand inspired me to look through the International Quilt Study Center & Museum's collections and find some other examples of the obsessive triangles phenomenon. Enjoy! UNITED STATES. c. 1850, probably Pennsylvania, Holstein Collection, 2003.003.0305 UNITED STATES, c. 1890-1910, possibly Posey County, Indiana, James Collection, 1997.007.0085 UNITED STATES - AMISH, c. 1975, L. Miller, Probably Wayne County, Ohio, James Collection, 1997.007.0501 UNITED STATES - AFRICAN AMERICAN, c. 1975-1985, Dennis Jones, Pickens County, Alabama, Cargo Collection, 2000.004.0051 KYRGYZSTAN, c. 1930-1940, 2011.040.0016 PAKISTAN, Sindh, c. 1970-1990, 2000.003.0004 CHINA, c. 2010, He Xiuxian (maker), Jialiang, Guizhou Province, 2014.027.0010
