Quilt Exhibits & Articles

A wonderful exhibit of rallis, kanthas and other south Asian quilts can be seen at the International Quilt Study Center Museum , part of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska between May 15 to November 19, 2010. The exhibit is entitled “South Asian Seams: Quilts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh” and features many quilts exhibited for the first time. Further information can be found at www.quiltstudy.org.
Rallis are a part of the “World Threads II: Preserving Fiber Traditions” at the Tamarac Square in Denver, Colorado between April 24 to May 28, 2010. There is an exhibit of textiles from around the world plus items for sale. For further information, please check www.tactilearts.org.
Since 2004, the first year of the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ralli quilts have been featured. This year’s Market will be held July 10 and 11, 2010 on the Museum Hill. Artists from around the world are represented. The rallis from Lila Handicrafts, a cooperative from the Thar Desert region of Pakistan as well as nomadic Saami quilts from Badin, Sindh. For further information the Market, please check: www.folkartmarket.org.

There was a beautiful exhibit of 28 rallis at the La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum in La Conner, Washington in the historic Gaches Mansion. The exhibit ran from January 16-April 29, 2009. • The first major display of rallis in the United States was at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas in 2003. The newly published book “Ralli Quilts: Traditional Textiles from Pakistan and India” was also featured. The exhibit was very well received.