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Welcome Blanket X Heritage Winooski Mill Museum

WELCOME BLANKET
ON CALL 2020-2021

SOME WELCOME NOTES

Smart Museum of Art Welcome Blankets:

Welcome Blanket is on its way to be a new American tradition...

We love seeing your works in progress, finished blankets and notes, pics of you working solo and in a group. Remember to post using #welcomeblanket on social media.

Below is our most recent instagram. If you aren't on social media, you can get a taste of it here!

I am so excited about this show and I’m gonna get a little mushy for a minute. One of the (many) joys of Welcome Blanket is working with incredible people and organizations across the country. Miriam Block of @heritagewinooskimillmuseum has l
Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. A gorgeous #welcomeblanket by @evesfcaquilts out in the wild! Can you imagine receiving this heirloom as a welcome to the USA gift? I promised myself I’d make my first quilted welcome blanket i
We are in the season of giving, so here's a small something for you. We partnered with Give Back Box to be able to help with the cost of shipping you Welcome Blanket gifts to @skirball_LA ⁠ ⁠ Our next @Skirball_LA #welcomeblanket deadline is Dec 31.⁠
We have an opportunity to build a new American tradition of Welcome. Grateful today and every day for each and every person who has touched this project. From makers to museums, from refugee organizations to incredible volunteer connectors, from ou
Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday. Apparently, according to a quinniapiac poll, 65% of Americans are hoping to avoid talking about politics. Of all the topics that unify, talking and crafting Welcome blankets can really bring people together. If y
Putting it all together! A gorgeous #welcomeblanket by @jennifer_arbuckle 🧶🗽 how is yours coming along? #Repost @jennifer_arbuckle ・・・ It’s assembly time for my Welcome Blanket…it might be a long day but it will be done by dinner! An
I’ve been curled up and under the weather, but this beautiful post by @mender.maker made me feel just a little better. (It should also be a public service announcement!) thank you @mender.maker for sharing 💕 #Repost @mender.maker ・・・ I found
Are you, or part of your heart, in Vermont? The @heritagewinooskimillmuseum is putting together a great @welcomeblanket exhibition. Read more below: #Repost @heritagewinooskimillmuseum ・・・ We are getting ready for our Welcome Blanket exhibit! If
This great piece made by @alipageoleary made me wonder: why pineapple? I learned pineapple is a symbol of welcome and hospitality. Like many things in American history, it’s complicated and layered. A tidbit from my google dive revealed that
Welcome Blanket is up and open at @skirball_la 🗽 It’s powerful. It’s kind. (And we have a lot more work to show, so there will be some rotations!) If you need to restore your faith in humanity and our ability to connect and welcome, co
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