The Paper Quilt: A New Exhibit at Le Musée Trouvé

Greetings Once Again, Dear Friends of The Tearoom!

It is time for another fun exhibit at my miniature museum, Le Musée Trouvé!

Welcome to the opening of "The Paper Quilt"

(As always, please click on the images in order to see them larger.)

The Paper Quilt is a collection of paper quilt collages, made from various ephemera that was collected by my mother, with some pieces I had collected as well.  The quilts are probably a symbol of some sort of sense of home, however, they are mostly made up of stamps from all over the world, which my mother collected, not flat in books, but just stuffed in a covered tin, which once held buttons.  I found it, along with a lot of old letters she had saved, when I was sorting through everything in this house.  As I planned to use them for this project, I realized that, for me, their subject matter is of much less importance than their colors and designs.  Stamps and postmarks are a common theme in the additional ornaments and overly large "floral" arrangements I've made for this exhibit.  These quilts seem to symbolize the comforts of home engaging in a playful game of tug-of-war with the novelty of travel.

Welcome to the first room and the quilt I call "Welcome".

Welcome

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Blocks made of rubberstamped paper and cut into squares.

Frame made of torn paper: vintage envelopes and 

torn pages from shorthand magazines that belonged

to my mother

As you can see, even on this opening day, there are already

plenty of visitors to the museum today!

Won't you join me in the next room, which  

houses two quilts:

Princess One and Princess Two?

Princess One

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Image of princess rubberstamped, pillow made of vintage

dictionary page with tassel and piping of embroidery floss.

Quilt of marbelized ribbon and vintage postage stamps,

with vintage shorthand paper edging. 

These tiny plastic bug friends have been with me for a long time.

They were tucked away in the box of tiny toys from my childhood

that held many of the items I have used here in my museum.

The little red bee was a cereal box prize and is able to hold

onto the edge of your cereal bowl as you eat.

The chair is something I just made for the museum.

Princess Two

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Image of princess rubberstamped, pillow made of vintage

dictionary page with tassel and piping of embroidery floss.

Quilt of marbleized ribbon and vintage postage stamps,

with vintage shorthand paper edging. 

We are grateful for so many visitors on our first day of the 

exhibit and are happy you are joining us, as well!

Moving along to the next room...

In the this room, we are able to see the next quilt,

which I call "The Three Alices".

The Three Alices

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Image of Alices and doll rubberstamped, pillow made of vintage

dictionary page with tassel and piping of embroidery floss.

Quilt of vintage postage stamps,

with vintage shorthand paper edging. 

Decorations on quilt made with embroidery floss.

The settee is made from the same marbleized ribbon as the

chair in the previous room.

Museums, as fascinating as they can be, can also be

exhausting and so it is always nice to be able to rest for

a moment before going on.

In the next room, we find the quilt "Mickey & Planes"

Mickey & Planes

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Quilt made of vintage stamps and images of Mickey Mouse, 

which were torn from notebook paper I used in junior high school. 

Edged in torn pages from shorthand magazines and decorated with

crayon wrapper from Crayograph crayons that belonged to my

mother.  Decorations on quilt made with glitter twine.

We see that Professeur Reine-Claude has brought his class to

the museum again today!  We are so glad and hope they are

enjoying the exhibit!

And now, on to the next room...

Here in this room is where the quilt "Warm" is being shown.

Warm

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Quilt made of vintage postage stamps and

edged in torn pages from shorthand magazines and

decorated with vintage crayon wrappers.  

Decorations on quilt made with embroidery floss.

The quilt in this room is called "Red Reaching to Blue"

Red Reaching to Blue

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Quilt made of vintage postage stamps, edged in torn pages

from vintage maps and decorated with vintage crayon wrappers.

Decorations on quilt made with embroidery floss and glitter twine.

And off we go to the final room...

Cool

Paper Quilt/Collage

2019

Quilt made of vintage postage stamps

Edged in torn pages from shorthand magazines and

decorated with crayon wrappers and tea tag.

Decorations on quilt made with embroidery floss.

Thank you most sincerely for joining us here today at

Le Musée Trouvé for the opening day of our exhibit

"The Paper Quilt"!

Please keep watch for more summer fun here
at The Gossamer Tearoom...

Coming soon:

Our annual summer Teeny Tea on the Porch

and

another exhibit at Le Musée Trouvé,

The Magical Garden!

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