Review: Quilt and Textile museums of Lowell, MA

In my non-professional crafty life, I enjoy making quilts. I recently finished a large pirate-ships-and-cowgirls-themed quilt--my seventeenth--as a gift for a good friend who was moving to another state. (You might wonder, what do pirate ships and cowgirls have to do with one another? Not much, really, when you consider it from a logical standpoint. However, had you met the friend for which the quilt was made, you'd think the combination was quite understandable and appropriate.)

( quilt photograph & museum info behind cut )