IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Pieced 8-inch blocks in the “Evening ...

On Sept. 19, 1928, the Kansas City Star newspaper in Missouri ran their first quilt pattern called “Pine Tree.” Publishing quilt patterns in the Kansas City Star newspaper was the brain child of Ruby ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This example of the “Feathered Star” ...

Unidentified Maker from the Lapp family, Smoketown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, “Lone Star / Star of Bethlehem” (c. 1935–45), cotton and wool, 81 x 82 inches (205.74 x 208.28 cm) (all photos Julie ...

It’s a new year and a new Kansas City Star quilt. Welcome to the first installment of “Hazel’s Diary,” which introduces not only the quilt — a 1950s look, with appliquéd wildflowers over pieced blocks ...