| Believe it or not, there are (and always have | | | | at local quilt shows. |
| been) quite a few men whomake quilts, and | | | | The Museum of the American Quilter's Society in |
| make money making quilts. | | | | Paducah, Ky. sponsored a traveling quilt show that |
| As a matter of fact, there was an article in our | | | | featured the work of 22 men -- 26 quilts in all -- |
| local newspaper (the San Diego Union Tribune) | | | | many of whom are as macho as they come. In |
| about a retired man engineer who is designing and | | | | March, the show was in Greensburg, in April the |
| making some really unique quilts - kind of 3 | | | | Quilt Show was in Pittsburg and in June, the fine |
| dimensional-looking quilts. | | | | folks in St. Petersburg enjoyed the show. |
| Michael James has been around for years; I took | | | | featuring men and their quilts. |
| a class from him in the mid 1980s, and he is now | | | | October 2005 saw the opening of a traveling |
| a professor in art / fabric arts at the University | | | | show "Men of Biblical Proportion." The goal for this |
| of Nebraska - Lincoln. | | | | exhibit was to present a theme about men, by |
| Ricky Tims is a kind of cowboy quilter who took | | | | men, and for men. Male characters of the Bible fit |
| up sewing as a broke adult when he inherited his | | | | this description. It was aptly named "Men of Biblical |
| grandmother's sewing machine. He travels the quilt | | | | Proportion. This exhibit will travel to quilt shows, |
| guilds giving workshops and making speeches. | | | | churches, museums and galleries throughout the |
| Andthere are always quilts made by men hanging | | | | US until the end of 2007. |