MassQuilts encourages the study and preservation of quilts and demonstrates that these textiles convey important insights about the lives of Massachusetts women from the colonial period to the present. 

Our volunteer effort produced a book and an exhibition at the New England Quilt Museum in 2009 to provide information about the rich history of quilts in Massachusetts.

In Eastern Massachusetts:

MassQuilts holds documentation days at the New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St in Downtown Lowell on the second Thursday of several months by reservation only.   $20 per quilt. Call 978-452-4207 X 15 to make an appointment.

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In Western Massachusetts:

To arrange a documentation day at other Western Massachusetts locations, please call Jane Crutchfield at 413-283-4456

Quilt owners receive:

• A copy of the documentation report including an approximate date, description of the fabrics, construction and patterns
• A photograph of the quilt
• A special label to attach to the quilt signifying its inclusion in the documentation project
• Instructions on the care of antique quilts

PowerPoint presentation about our project and book available to your organization by contacting Martha Supnik at Questions@NEQuiltMuseum.org

Some of our many loyal volunteers after a meeting in Belchertown, MA to discuss the content of our book

Marjorie Childers researches the pattern name while Helen Bardwell counts the number of quilting stitches in each inch on a mid-nineteenth century "star and crescent" quilt documented at the Worcester Historical Museum by a MassQuilts volunteer team

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