Saturday, March 19, 2011

A Kansas Quilt Bibliography

I'd call this block an adaptation of
a colonial ladies design, circa 1930s. This
little quilt measures 16" x 22".
At my talk about 150 years of Kansas Quilts today, I promised an online bibliography. To learn more about Kansas and quilting, check these online sources.


Kansas 150 quilt information from the State Library of Kansas:
http://kansas150slk.blogspot.com/2010/09/kansas-quilters-and-kansas-quilts.html

Spencer Museum of Art (look for Carrie Hall collection):
http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/


Kansas Quilt Project quilts (search for Kansas):

http://www.quiltindex.org/index.php

Happy Birthday Kansas by Linda Frost:

Barbara Brackman’s blog:
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/

Quilting in America 2010 survey results:
http://www.quilts.com/announcements/y2010/QIA2010_OneSheet.pdf

Kansas Quilts & Quilters, Brackman et al, University Press of Kansas, 1993:
http://www.amazon.com/Kansas-Quilts-Quilters-Barbara-Brackman/dp/0700605851/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300454705&sr=1-1

It Happened in Kansas: Remarkable Events That Shaped History by Sarah Smarsh:
http://www.amazon.com/Happened-Kansas-Remarkable-Events-History/dp/0762758627/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

Timothy Egan's book The Worst Hard Times about Kansas in the dust bowl days:
http://www.hmhbooks.com/readers_guides/egan_worst.shtml

Barbara Brackman's book debunking the quilt code myth:
http://www.barbarabrackman.com/faqs4.aspx

A blog about kit quilts:
http://www.quiltkitid.com/


Information about the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild upcoming quilt show:
http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/quilt-show-2.html

Thanks to the Topeka Public Library for hosting this event, and to Pattie Poe for making it all possible!

2 comments:

  1. Hi! I love seeing all the delightful vintage quilts you find. The one on your site today is so unique! The Colonial ladies remind of how homemakers used to "dress" up?/disguise their dishwashing soap bottles in little dresses...the ladies have that same shape! Thank you for sharing this!

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  2. The Worst Hard Time is an amazing book with great detail and vivid descriptions of the Dust Bowl. I have read volumes of historical books and believe this one to be among the best.

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