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Stories told in stitchery at Folk Art Museum's quilt exhibit
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This image provided by the American Folk Art Museum shows the Original Design Quilt made by Corning, NY tailor Carl Klewicke around 1907. The piece is made of vivid bits of silk, faille, taffeta and satin depicting stars, kites and doves. The joyful piece took Mr. Klewicke 20 years to finish and was given by him and his wife to their daughter on her wedding day. - photo by American Folk Art Museum via AP
NEW YORK (AP) — From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum show how powerfully this art form has told stories for centuries and been a vehicle for creativity. “What That Quilt Knows About Me” comprises 35 quilts and related works in an intimate gallery space. Some tell stories about the maker’s life or process.