The Virginia Quilt Museum will feature an exhibit of quilts from the 1860s to honor the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The wives, mothers and daughters who watched their men leave to fight stayed ...

JESSAMINE CO., Ky. (LEX 18) — The fabric of our country's history is in the spotlight this weekend during a quilt show in Jessamine County. Members of the Jessamine Piece Quilters created the Civil ...

LITCHFIELD - Using quilts as aids, handouts, and the main event, quilter, crafter and teacher Jo Hansling talked about the use of quilts during the Civil War. Addressing an audience of 35 at the ...

CARTHAGE, Ill. -- A presentation titled "Christian Staffinger: A Soldier and His Quilt" will be delivers at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, at First Christian Church, 800 S. Main St. The speaker will be ...

The story of quilting in America is as diverse as the patterns, fabrics and individuals who create the art. Besides providing warmth, quilts can tell a story, display creativity and uncover history.

In conjunction with the exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” which is on display at George Memorial Library from February 23 to April 4, Fort Bend County Libraries will present a ...

A quilt dating back to the 1860s has been uncovered in a library in the small Texas town of Alto. The valuable Civil War artifact was first spotted four years ago but it has taken until now for ...

Art historian Susan Olds will give a visual presentation about Civil War-era quilts and the woman who made them from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan 5 at the Lynnwood Library. Olds draws from diaries of the Civil ...

Becky Wright couldn’t have known when she bought an old, mostly brown muslin quilt at an estate sale 34 years ago that it would become so much a part of her life — that it would, in fact, change her ...

The West Chicago Public Library District is hosting a virtual program on "Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad" from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30. Join Connie ...