by Quilt Alliance | Jan 29, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1861, Kansas joined the Union as a free state. It was admitted as the 34th state to join the Union. Opposing pro and anti-slave forces in Kansas has been a major factor in the eruption of the Civil War. Mary Holste of Kansas, born in 1888, hand pieced this Fan quilt in the 1940’s. It was documented by the current owner as part of the Kansas Quilt Project. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kansas-enters-the-union Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Jan 28, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1908, Julia Ward Howe became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Howe was a prominent American abolitionist, activist and writer, most famous as the author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Anna L. Myers of Springfield, Oregon, was inspired to create this original quilt between 1930-1949. Myers’ granddaughter documented the quilt in 2011 as part of the Florida Quilt Project, noting that her grandmother was a “pioneer woman (who) taught school in a sod house in Kansas…and went to Oregon in 1901.” Myers hand and machine pieced the quilt and embroidered and inscribed with ink the surface of the top with lyrics to a favorite hymn, “Old Oaken Bucket.” View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan28.html http://freepages.music.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edgmon/stoldoakenbucket.htm Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Jan 27, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C. for “the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.”Rosabeth Schupack of Grand Blanc, Michigan made this hand appliqued and quilted wall hanging, titled “National Geographic,” in 1981. Schupack documented her quilt as part of the (still ongoing) Michigan Quilt Project in 1987. Schupack’s comments are included in this Quilt Index record: “Gives quilts to friends first grandchild, some relatives marriages or babies. Originally because I enjoy sewing and ‘making things.’ … I found that all artistic values in painting, decoupage, needlepoint, etc. are available to and enhanced in quilting.”View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt.Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-geographic-society-founded Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Jan 24, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1935, the first canned beer debuted for sale in the U.S. Caroline Beers Rinehart of Montana, New Jersey hand pieced and hand quilted this “Thousands of Triangles” quilt in 1904. Rinehart’s relative inherited the 72” x 73” quilt and documented it in 1988 as part of the Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-canned-beer-goes-on-sale Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
by Quilt Alliance | Jan 23, 2014 | On this Day in History Quilts series
On this day in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her medical degree from Geneva College in New York, making her the first woman to be officially recognized as a physician in U.S. history. Zemma Haynes Taylor of Farmerville, Louisiana made this pictorial quilt, titled “American Pride,” between 1932-33. The quilt was documented as part of the Michigan Quilt Project. From this Quilt Index record: Zemma Haynes Taylor (1886-1951) was the wife of Farmerville, Louisiana physician Jordan G. Taylor. She made this quilt for the quilt contest sponsored by Sears & Roebuck as part of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Later that year, Taylor sent the quilt to industrialist Henry Ford as a gift from “the wife of a country doctor who appreciates the Ford car.” Physicians were often the first to acquire automobiles in smaller towns and rural communities. Many doctors chose to drive a dependable Ford automobile to visit their patients—at a time when doctors still made house calls. View this quilt on The Quilt Index to find out! Read more about its history, design and construction. Be sure to use the zoom tool for a detailed view or click the “See full record” link to see a larger image and all the data entered about that quilt. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-woman-md Posted by Amy E. Milne Executive Director, Quilt Alliance…
