Lecompton? A large quilt that tells the story of the former Kansas territorial capital of Lecompton is hanging at a museum in the northeast Kansas town. The 27-panel creation was designed by Shirley ...

The former Common Threads exhibit at the Johnson County Museum displayed this quilt, which was stitched by the Olathe Quilters Guild to showcase the county’s history. Beth Lipoff Special to The Star ...

Renowned quilter and textile artist Marla Jackson stands with her quilt “First Born,” part of the “One History, Two Versions” exhibit currently on display in the Spencer Museum of Art. The hand- and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Things are once again ...

Made for the Kansas Quilt Symposium held at the University of Kansas, July 20-22, 1978. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...

The Johnson County Museum's Common Threads exhibition is a way into the area's history, but also connects women across time and space. Quilting is a pastime of paradoxes. It’s at once considered an ...

The now-famous Kansas Troubles quilt block immortalizes the bad times prior to the Civil War. Yet it‘s meant nothing but good times for a native of the Sunflower State, Lynne Hagmeier. When she was a ...

The Heart of Kansas Quilt Guild will meet on Monday, July 26, 2021, at the Delos V. Smith Senior Center, 101 West 1st Ave., Hutchinson, Kansas, for their monthly meeting. Coffee and fellowship will ...

Behind-the-scenes work often goes unrecognized. So it’s little wonder that the fiery tactics of abolitionist John Brown, the military recruiting efforts of James Lane and the freedom cries of ...

Welcome to the second installment of our “Hazel’s Diary” project, a 1950s-style quilt with appliquéd wildflowers over pieced blocks. This year’s quilt is inspired by real diary entries written by a ...