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This list was partially based on one prepared by advisory board members of The Alliance for American Quilts with additional contributions by the staff of the Great Lakes Quilt Center, Michigan State University Museum. Those entries preceeded by an asterisk are of particular interest to the Great Lakes region. Please forward recommended sites -- especially those related to the Great Lakes region -- for inclusion to Marsha MacDowell (macdowel@msu.edu)

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Listserves
General
Associations & Guilds
Collections/Exhibits
History
Shows
Workshops
Project Partners
Quilt Art/Individuals
Computers & Quilts
Appraisers
Quilt Care



ListServes

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~quilt/ (H-Quilts: A Discussion Network for Quilt Studies) [NOTE: Michigan State University Museum helped found this listserv]
http://www.quiltart.com/features.html (QuiltArt: An Internet Mail List for Contemporary Quilters)
http://www.quilthistory.com/ (Quilters Heritage Listserv)
http://www.quiltropolis.net/maillists/maillistsdetail.asp?catid=Fabrics (Vintage Fabric List)

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General

http://planetpatchwork.com/ (Planet Patchwork)
http://www.quiltchannel.com/ (The Quilt Channel)
http://www.quiltindex.org/
(The Quilt Index: A Research Tool & Reference Work for Humanities Scholars)
http://www.quiltwoman.com/ (Quilt Woman)
http://quilting.about.com/?once=true& (What You Need to Know About, Quilting)
http://www.quilt.com/MainQuiltingPage.html (World Wide Quilting Page)


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Associations and Guilds

http://www.quiltalliance.orgin/index1.html (The Alliance for American Quilts)
http://www.h-net.org/~aqsg/ (American Quilt Study Group)
http://www.aqsquilt.com/ (American Quilters Society)
http://www.theappliquesociety.org/ (The Appliqué Society)
http://www.francepatchwork.com/(Association of France Patchwork)
http://www.baltimoreapplique.com/ (Baltimore Applique Society)
http://www.turkey-tracks.org/ (Cal-co Quilters' Guild, Battle Creek, MI)
http://www.geocities.com/cameoquilters/ (Cameo Quilters Guild, Troy, MI)
http://www.capitolcityquiltguild.org/ (Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, MI)
http://www.orgsites.com/mi/esq/ (Evening Star Quilters, Davison, MI)
http://GreatLakesAAQuilters.tripod.com (Great Lakes African American Quilters Network)
http://www.glhq.org/ (Great Lakes Heritage Quilters, Bloomfield Hills, MI)
http://www.gaaqg.com/ (The Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild, Ann Arbor, MI)
http://www.quiltstudy.org/ (International Quilt Study Center)
http://www.lansingareapatchers.com/ (Lansing Area Patchers, Lansing, MI)
http://www.log-cabin-quilters.com/ (Log Cabin Quilters, Kalamazoo, MI)
http://www.michquiltnetwork.org/ (Michigan Quilt Network)
http://www.mnquilt.org/index.htm (Minnesota Quilters)
http://www.oaklandcountyquiltguild.com/ (Oakland County Quilt Guild, MI)
http://www.piecemakersquiltguild.com/ (Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Saginaw, MI)
http://www.quiltart.com/ (Quilt Art)
http://quilt.com/History/AustralianQuiltStudy.html (Quilt Study Group of Australia)
http://www.quiltershalloffame.net/ (Quilters Hall of Fame)
http://www.quilt.com/QuiltGuildsPage.html (Quilting Guilds Around the World)
http://www.saqa.com/ (Studio Art Quilt Associates)
http://www.wmqg.org/ (West Michigan Quilters' Guild)
http://www.geocities.com/wwcqg/ (Western Wayne County Quilting Guild, Belleville, MI)



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Collections/Exhibits

http://www.aidsquilt.org/ (The AIDS Memorial Quilt)
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/quilts/features/aa_quilters.shtm (African-American Quiltmakers in North Louisiana: A Photographic Essay)
http://www.folkartmuseum.org (American Museum of Folk Art)
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/
(Bowes Museum, County Durham, England)
http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/cc/ (Contemporary Coverage: Not Your Grandmother's Quilt Anymore)
http://museum.msu.edu/glqc/index.html (Great Lakes Quilt Center, Michigan State University Museum)
http://www.hfmgv.org/ (The Henry Ford)
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/ (Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts)
http://www.quiltstudy.org/search/index.html (International Quilt Study, Nebraska)
http://www.wku.edu/Library/kylm/collections/inhouse/km/quilts.html (Kentucky Museum)
http://www.quiltandtextilemuseum.com (Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum)
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
http://www.mainememory.net/bin/SwishSearch?Keywords=quilt&submit=SEARCH (Maine Memory Network, Maine's Online Museum)
http://www.mdhs.org/quiltprj/mathquil.html (Maryland Historical Society quilt project)
http://web.grinnell.edu/faulconergallery/Quilt/quilt.htm (Master Quilts Past and Present: Preserving the Voice of America's Quiltmakers, Grinnell College, Iowa)
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/collections/quilts/ (Museum of Florida History)
http://www.wku.edu/library/onlinexh/naturesbounty/index.html (Nature's Bounty, Quilts and More)
http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/ (New England Quilt Museum)
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/patchwork_lives/showing_off.htm (Patchwork Lives, Showing Off, Quilt Exhibit Hosted by the Museum of Nebraska History)
http://www.statemuseumpa.org/quilts05new/pages/home.htm (Quilts from the State Museum of Pennsylvania)
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_history_websites/lmuseum.htm (Quilt exhibits and museums)
http://www.rmqm.org/ (Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum)
http://www.conexus.si.edu/quilts2/index.htm (To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions at the National Museum of the American Indian)
http://www.folkart.com/museums/m_vqm.htm (Virginia Quilt Museum)



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History

http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/ (America Quilts, includes section on Michigan State University Museum's collections)
http://www.womenfolk.com/historyofquilts/
(America's Quilting History)
http://www.earlywomenmasters.net/
(Early Women Masters)
http://www.si.edu/ (The Smithsonian)
http://www.quilthistory.com/articles.htm (Links to Qult History Articles)
http://www.QuiltHistoryTeachers.com (List of Quilt History teachers)
http://www.nimbleneedletreasures.com/ (Nimble Needle Treasures)
http://www.quilthistory.com/study/ (Quilt study groups)
http://www.booksandoldlace.com/quilting/StateQuiltHistoryBibliography.htm/ (State Documentation book list)
http://www.quilthistory.com/resources.htm (Top 10 Quilt History Book Lists)

State Documentation
http://www.quiltindex.org (The Alliance for American Quilts, The Quilt Index)
http://www.museums.state.ak.us/QuiltExhibit/welcome.html (Quilts of Alaska)
http://www.coloradoquiltcouncil.com/html/histdoc.html (The Colorado Quilting Council)
http://www.kshs.org/resource/kmhcoll.htm#quilts (Kansas Quilt Project)
http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/quiltpr.htm (The Kentucky Quilt Project)
http://www.wku.edu/Library/khqs/registry/ (Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society Quilt Registry)
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/quilts/ (Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project)
http://www.mainequilts.org/mainequiltheritage.htm#MAINE (Maine Quilt Heritage)
http://www.massquilts.org/ (Massachusetts Quilt Documentation)
http://museum.msu.edu/glqc/index.html (Michigan Quilt Project)
http://www.mnquilt.org/mqp/index.html (Minnesota Quilt Project)
http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/propage/MS/ms_s_lott1.html (Mississippi Quilt Heritage Project)
http://www.his.state.mt.us/departments/Library-Archives/quilts.html (Montana Historic Quilt Project)
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Zopf/Zopf4.html (New Mexico Rural Quilt Documentation
http://www.prairiepublic.org:8080/quilts/index.htm (North Dakota Quilt Project)
http://www.chestercohistorical.org/quilts.html (Chester County Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project)
http://advance.uri.edu/pacer/october2000/story17.htm (article on Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project)
http://www.cas.sc.edu/mcks/html/folklife/frc01.html (South Carolina Quilt History Project)
http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/cleveland.html (article about the Vermont Quilt Search)
http://www.vcq.org/ (Virginina Consortium of Quilters)
http://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/index.html (Wisconsin Quilt History Project)

Forms to print on your computer
http://www.aaqg.org/html1/mdocument.htm (Austin Area Quilt Guild)
http://www.centerforthequilt.org/boxes/boxes.html#inventoryform (Boxes Under the Bed, ephemera contents inventory form)
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/Region5/QuiltDocForm_Region%205.doc (Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project)
http://www.museum.msu.edu/glqc/MQPform.PDF (The Michigan Quilt Project)
http://reddawn.net/quilt/documnt.htm (Red Dawn)
http://www.rmqm.org/graphics/quiltdoc_form.pdf (The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum)
http://www.sew-and-sews.com/IMPORTS/Quilt%20Documentaion8.5x14.pdf (Cozy Quilt Patch)

International
http://www.brantheritagequilters.ca/documentation.html (Brant County Quilt Documentation Project Canada)
http://amol.org.au/nqr/index.asp (National Quilt Register of Australia)
http://www.civilization.ca/arts/quilts/q0eng.html (Old Nova Scotia Quilts)

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Shows

http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/ (American Quilters Society)
http://www.quilts.com/ (International Quilt Festival)
http://www.quiltnational.com/ (Quilt National)
http://206.204.3.133/dir_nii/nii_dat_sandie.html (Visions--Quilt San Diego)
http://www.worldquilt.com (World Quilt and Textile)


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Workshops

http://www.vcq.org/TeacherMain.htm (teachers list)
http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/teacher/materials/quilts.pdf (National Museum of the American Indian's downloadable curriculum materials for the NMAI/MSU Museum "To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting" exhibit


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Project Partners

http://www.ctpub.com/ (C&T Publishing - publisher of Great Lakes, Great Quilts)
http://www.countrystitches.com/ (Country Stitches)
http://www.rjrfabrics.com/ (RJR Fabrics, Inc.)

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Quilt Art and Individual's Sites

http://www.peppercory.com/index.html (Pepper Cory)
http://www.humblebeequiltworks.com/ (Amy Davidson)
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/subpage.cfm?subpage=view_pat (Pat Courtney Gold) [NOTE: two of Gold's quilts are in the Michigan State University Museum collection)
http://www.storybookquiltlady.com (Linda Kuhlman, The Storybook Quilt Lady)
http://www.gwenmarston.com/ (Gwen Marston)
http://www.amisimms.com (Ami Simms)
http://users.netonecom.net/~elf/ (Elsie Vredenburg)
http://www.kayewood.com/ (Kaye Wood)


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Computers and Quilts

http://quilting.about.com/ (About Quilting)
http://softexpressions.com/help/newsletters/index.html (Sharla Hicks Newsletter)
http://home.earthlink.net/~mesa1/ (Sharla Hicks website)
http://www.electricquilt.com/ (The Electric Quilt)
http://kathkwilts.com/ (Chat room and postcards for quilters)
http://www.quiltpro.com/ (Quilt Pro Software)
http://www.quiltersbee.com/ (Quilters Bee: on-line quilt guild)

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Appraisers

http://www.quilthistory.com/quilt.htm (List of Quilt Appraisers)
http://www.aqsquilt.com/appraisers.shtml (American Quilter's Society Certified Appraiser List)
http://www.quiltappraisers.org/ (The Professional Association of Appraisers ·Quilted Textiles)
http://www.thequiltcomplex.com/ (Julie Silber at The Quilt Complex)

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Quilt Care

http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/disaster/txsalv.html (American Institute For Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works: Salvaging Water Damaged Textiles)
http://www.annquilts.com/quiltrepair.html (Ann Wasserman’s Quilt Repair page)
http://www.prairienet.org/quilts/Preserve/preserve.html
(Bibliography of Textile Care)
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pdfs/cnsv-quilts.pdf (Bishop Museum, Wet Cleaning Your Quilt at Home, Honolulu, Hawaii)
http://206.204.3.133/dir_nii/nii_dat_quicar.html (The Display and Care of Art Quilts by April Niino, Penny Nii Quilt Art)
http://www.hrmgv.org/explore/artifacts/textile.asp (The Henry Ford)
http://www.quiltersnewsletter.com/mccalls/vintage/article6.htm (How to article on quilt repair)
http://www.quiltstudy.org/resources/quilt_care.html (International Quilt Study Center)
http://www.textilepreservation.com/ (Lynn Lancaster Gorges Textile Conservation Studio)
http://www.mainequilts.org/guidetocaring_forquilt.htm (Maine Quilt Heritage)
http://oxygenbleach.homestead.com/files/ (oxy cleaners overview)
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/collections/artifacts/acs1/ (Preserving Quilts in Your Home, Florida Division of Historical Resources)
http://www.quilthistory.com/cleaning.htm (Quilt History)
http://www.quiltdoctor.com/index.html (Quilt Repair and Care by the Vienna Quilt Shop, Washington, D.C.)
http://www.quiltbroker.com/quilt_storage.html (Quilt Storage Information)
http://www.rmqm.org/html/quiltcare.html
(The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum)
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/index.html (Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute)
http://www.quilthistory.com/stain.htm (Stain Removal Guide)
http://www.quiltersmuse.com/straight_talk_about_quilt_care.htm (Straight Talk About Quilt Care, by Patricia Cummings)
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/anth605/File8.htm (Texas A&M University, Conservation Research Laboratory)

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