New Exhibit to Open At Quilt Museum Here

The Texas Quilt Museum goes big and bold right out of the gate in 2024 with three new exhibits: Kaffe Fassett: 85 & Fabulous, Houston International Quilt Festival Prizewinners 2023, and Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts. They will be on display in the Museum’s three galleries from January 11-April 27, 2024.

Kaffe Fassett: 85 & Fabulous

Kaffe Fassett is one of the world’s most celebrated and influential artists and designers of all time. He’s put his unique touch and style on a bevy of decorative arts from quilting and patchwork to needlepoint, painting, and even ceramics.

Kaffe Fassett: 85 & Fabulous reflects his influence as a leading textile designer and practitioner of contemporary crafts. The 30 quilts on display are made by Kaffe and his friends, Liza Prior Lucy and Kim McLean.

Museum curator Vicki Mangum says “You will stand in awe when you arrive for this exhibit. It’s fabulous to see Kaffe’s work together in one gallery.” This exhibit is sponsored by FreeSpirit Fabrics.

Houston International Quilt Festival Prizewinners 2023 A total of 18 winners from last year’s event will be on display in the exhibit Houston International Quilt Festival Prizewinners 2023. The quilts are all outstanding and will have Museumgoers studying each for their beauty, ingenuity, and techniques.

“We are very lucky this year, we can include the Handi Quilter Best of Show in the Museum exhibit. Most often, the Best of Show is already committed to other venues during this time frame,” Mangum says. This exhibit is sponsored by the Lucille Gaebler Klein Fund.

Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts

And finally, the Studio Art Quilt Associates organization has always made it their mission to promote and advance the cause of art quilting and that genre’s creative lights. That’s more than evident in this themed collection of members’ works, Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts.

This unique and optically bold exhibit allows gallery visitors to view a vibrant spectrum of color almost as though they were standing inside a prism. The exhibition includes 62 art quilts representing the work of 46 SAQA Northern California/Northern Nevada chapter artists.

The Texas Quilt Museum is at 140 W. Colorado St., La Grange and open 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.