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The National Quilt Museum

To honor today’s quilter & inspire future quilters w/exceptional exhibitions, education & programming.
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We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization in Paducah, Ky funded in part by the Kentucky Arts Council. The museum provides national-class cultural services to diverse communities, both near and far, through exhibitions, educational programs, support of artists, and tourism development. NQM is located in downtown Paducah, Kentucky; a UNESCO Creative City for Craft & Folk Art. The museum features three g

alleries of art that rotate throughout the year in a 27,000 square foot facility. In an average year, the museum is visited by art lovers from 50 states and over 40 countries worldwide. An eight-time TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence winner and a 2020 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Winner. The museum has been mentioned in hundreds of online and offline publications including USA Today, Southern Living, and Kentucky Living. "The Museum is a Revelation..." ~Garden & Gun Magazine, April-May 2022

The National Quilt Museum is funded in part by The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports The National Quilt Museum with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

09/09/2026

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO WIN! 🚨

From competition to a raffle – and potentially to your home! 🐑 💙

Janet Stone originally entered her charming baby quilt, "I Wooly Love Ewe," into a competition. Now, thanks to Janet’s generosity, this one-of-a-kind quilt is up for grabs.

Every ticket helps support The National Quilt Museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to honoring today’s quilter and inspiring future generations of quilters.

🎟️ Raffle tickets are just $10 each
⏰ Online ticket orders must be received by 11:59 pm CT on Monday, September 14
👉 Enter at babyquilt.vraffle.org
🗣️ See the full video here: https://bit.ly/JanetRaffleInterview

And don’t miss Janet’s exhibition, "And Now I Know My ABCs!" on view through September 22 – sponsored by Baptist Health Paducah

This raffle is licensed by the Department of Charitable Gaming and is conducted by The National Quilt Museum, License Number EXE0000398, for the benefit of The National Quilt Museum.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸

No work today? Perfect. Come admire the work of some seriously talented quilters! We’re open our regular hours today, 10 am–5 pm.

🎟️ Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

Shown: "Mount Pleasant Miners" by Nancy Brown

09/04/2026

What does stitching have to do with ghosts? 👻🧵

When it comes to English Paper Piecing, you want to see the ghost of light through your seams – not too much, not too little. Just enough to know those stitches are close, clean and tight.

And speaking of things that disappear… 👀 Tula Pink’s "Tula Pink: Twenty Years of Tula Pink" exhibition ends September 15. Come see it before it’s gone!

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

Sponsored by Paducah Bank

09/03/2026

How close does your finished project usually come to the original plan?

For Janet Stone, the answer isn’t always a perfect match – and that’s part of the fun.

In her "And Now I Know My ABCs!" exhibition, Janet’s planning sketches are displayed alongside the quilts they inspired, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at her creative process. The sketches provide a starting point, but the finished quilts leave plenty of room for creativity, discovery and change along the way.

In fact, Janet says "Garden Variety Sampler" (first quilt shown) is the "only quilt in the series that came out looking mostly like the original drawing."

Swipe through to compare the sketches with the finished quilts. 👀

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

Exhibition Sponsor: Baptist Health Paducah

Shown: "Number 17: Garden Variety Sampler" & Sketch, "Number 8: Mutton But Letters" & Sketch, "Number 25: Filigree Calligraphy" & Sketch

09/01/2026

A new quilt by Paula Nadelstern!

See "KALEIDOSCOPIC XLIX: The I Buried the Lede Patchwork Blues," which is exclusively premiering at Paula's new exhibition at the National Quilt Museum.

Inspired by the journalistic phrase “bury the lede,” Paula has "hidden" her signature motto among layers of marbled blue fabrics. Some letters emerge immediately. Others dissolve into the pattern, inviting you to look a little longer.

But the only way to truly appreciate it is to come see it for yourself. 👀

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

Ready to go inside Paula Nadelstern’s kaleidoscopic world? Join her October 1–3 for her workshop (The Full Kaleidoscope: Sixty Thirty Plus Sunstar) at the National Quilt Museum. Learn more: https://quiltmuseum.org/paula-nadelstern

08/28/2026

📢 ANNOUCEMENT: New exhibition!

Coming September 18, "Pigment, Dye & Thread" is a new exhibition exploring the remarkable ways artists use color, surface and stitching to transform cloth. 🎨

Featuring 19 quilts from The National Quilt Museum’s collection of more than 700 works, this exhibition brings together artists who push the boundaries of contemporary quilting through painting, hand-dyeing and threadwork.

Fluid washes of color meet intricate stitching. Hand-dyed fabrics create depth and atmosphere, while thread painting adds texture, dimension, light and detail.

The result? Quilts that move from abstract compositions and geographic landscapes to forms inspired by the natural world—showing just how versatile cloth can be as an artistic medium.

Featured artists include Katie Pasquini Masopust (whose piece "Allegretto" can be seen here), Colleen Wise and Libby Lehman, each bringing a distinctly different approach to pigment, dye, thread and construction.

📅 September 18, 2026 – March 2, 2027
🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

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08/26/2026

A quilt label…on the front of the quilt? 👀

Tula Pink turned a traditionally hidden detail into part of the design of "Tiny Stars" – using the quilt label as a border.

Inspired by an antique quilt she once saw in a museum, Tula appliquéd her name, the year and locations where the quilt was made directly onto the quilt top. Then Angela Walters completed the label by quilting her name across the top border.

As Tula puts it: you know it’s quilted by Angela Walters because “Angela Walters” is quilted. 😉

It’s one of those details you have to see in person, and your chance is running out! “Tula Pink: Twenty Years of Tula Pink” ends September 15.

Exhibition sponsored by Paducah Bank

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bit.ly/NQMtickets

Shown: "Tiny Stars" pieced by Tula Pink and quilted by Machine Quilting by Angela

08/25/2026

A is for Absolutely Amazing! 🔤✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us Saturday for our Alphabet Adventure–a morning of learning, creating, moving and playing at The National Quilt Museum!

Our young visitors explored the ABCs with an alphabet scavenger hunt through the museum, cookies from Royal Dansk, story time surrounded by Janet Stone’s colorful alphabet quilts, alphabet yoga, hands-on activities, financial literacy fun and more.

A special thank you to our wonderful partners McCracken County Public Library and Paducah Bank for helping make the day such a success—and to the McCracken County Public Library’s Brary Bus and Paducah Bank WOW! Wagon for adding even more fun to the adventure!

We loved seeing so many children and families filling the museum, exploring the galleries and experiencing art and quilting in ways created especially for them. ❤️

Inspired by Janet Stone's "And Now I Know My ABCs" exhibition, which is sponsored by Baptist Health Paducah. Shown in first photo – Number 17: Garden Variety Sampler

08/21/2026

Win a quilt made by a Master Quilter! 🏆

How often do you get the chance to take home a one-of-a-kind quilt made by a quilting all-star? And how often is that same artist currently featured in an exhibition at The National Quilt Museum? This is a pretty special opportunity.

Enter for your chance to win Janet Stone’s charming baby quilt, "I Wooly Love Ewe." Enter here: https://babyquilt.vraffle.org.

🎟️ Raffle tickets are just $10 each
⏰ Online ticket orders must be received by 11:59 pm CT on Monday, September 14
🏛️ See Janet’s work in her exhibition "And Now I Know My ABCs!" through September 22 – sponsored by Baptist Health Paducah

We’re grateful to Janet Stone for generously donating this beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilt! Every ticket helps support The National Quilt Museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to honoring today’s quilter and inspiring future generations of quilters.

This raffle is licensed by the Department of Charitable Gaming and is conducted by The National Quilt Museum, License Number EXE0000398, for the benefit of The National Quilt Museum.

Shown (clockwise starting left):
• Exhibition Quilt - "Number 26: Blooming Blocks & One From the Flock"
• Exhibition Item - Sketch of "Number 26- Blooming Blocks & One From the Flock"
• Raffle Quilt - "I Wooly Love Ewe" - this could be yours!

08/20/2026

NEW: Corona II: Solar Eclipse Silk Scarves ☀️ Bring a piece of quilt history out of the gallery and into your wardrobe!

Our new, limited-edition scarf features Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry’s iconic "Corona II: Solar Eclipse" – one of the National Quilt Museum’s most recognized and beloved quilts – and marks the first scarf made from a quilt in our Collection.

Crafted from 100% pure Mulberry silk with a hand-rolled edge, and double-sided print, this 36" x 36" wearable work of art adds a vibrant pop of color to any look. ✨

Printed in an exclusive, small-batch run, these scarves won’t last forever. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Get yours here: https://bit.ly/CoronaIISolarSilkScarves

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215 Jefferson Street
Paducah, KY
42001

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	1pm - 5pm

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+12704428856

Website

http://www.quiltmuseum.org/

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