Nevada Quilt Registry Project
While this project is still in the planning stages the following information is our
goal. For further information or questions email nvquiltreg@gmail.com.
The NQRP is an opportunity for you to contribute to public awareness of, and
respect for, quilts, quiltmakers and their importance to our culture. It is sponsored,
in part, by Truckee Meadows Quilters but additional sponsors are encouraged. You
can bring your quilts to be documented or help with the overall documentation
process.
The project plan is to conduct quilt documentation days throughout Nevada over
the next few years. Any quilt residing in Nevada, whether historic, vintage, or
contemporary is a candidate for this effort provided it has not been documented
previously anywhere else. Quilting/sewing skill embodied in the quilt is
inconsequential, i.e., anything goes.
The ultimate aim is for the NQRP to forward this documentation electronically to
the Quilt Index, a major data repository housed at Michigan State University (see
QuiltIndex.org). By adding our information to the Quilt Index worldwide
researchers, historians, and quilt aficionados will have access to a treasure trove of
data regarding quilts currently held in Nevada.