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Quilts designed by Marie Webster early in the twentieth century
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Photograph of 1854 quilt courtesy of the Blandford Historical Society, Blandford, Massachusetts. Photograph by David Stansbury.

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Quilts designed by Marie Webster early in the twentieth century

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Katy's Quilt
A Nine Patch quilt tells its own story.

A Miniature Bedcover to Embroider and Quilt
Silk threads add elegance and glimmer to this diminutive project.

Civil War–Era Quilts
by Kelly Ann Butterbaugh
During the war, women used quilts to convey their feelings and fears, sold quilts to raise money
for their cause, and sent quilts to provide comfort to soldiers.

Kappies: The Quilted Sunbonnets Of
Nineteenth-Century South Africa

by Lucille Chaveas
Handworked designs in extremely fine cording and quilting were the only decoration on these exquisite bonnets.

Sujnis: Recycling Clothing into Quilts in India
by Chitra Balasubramaniam
Recycling has produced light but warm embroidered quilts for centuries.

A Friendship Quilt for a Mount Holyoke Graduate
by Lynne Zacek Bassett
A quilt made in 1854 and period correspondence offer insight into mid-nineteenth-century life at America’s first permanent college-level school for women.

Making a Difference, One Quilt After Another (After Another): Muriel Cochran
by Jennifer Hamilton

The author’s ninety-three-year-old grandmother spends her snowbound winters making lap quilts for charities.

Marie Webster: Early-Twentieth-Century Quilt Designer
by Susan Wildemuth
In addition to designing quilts, Marie Webster was an author, a lecturer, and a business owner; her quilting legacy lives on.

Quilt Blocks to Knit
by Ann Budd
Ann Budd offers step-by-step directions for knitting quilt block patterns—Log Cabin, Fence Rail, and Mini Mitered Squares—to affix to note cards.

Alex’s Quilt
by Martha Grote
Mother and son create a spectacular quilt.

ON THE WEB:
Grandmother Winter's Navy Quilt
by Francine Milford

A Patchwork Dog to Stitch
by Susan Opdahl

More Quilt Blocks to Knit (Large Mitered Square, Half-Fence Rail, and Nine Patch)
by Ann Budd

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