Detail from a circa 1865 quilt, made by an Illinois woman from uniforms worn by her sons on opposite sides in the Civil War, in an American Textile History Museum display.

A significant number of American quilts can be found in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery, the Anacostia ...

It’s the second book in her 'Grandmother’s Treasures' series and is set during the American Civil War. A red-and-green 'Rustic Rose' quilt is the story's catalyst.

The quilt show is happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Nelson National Monument. Visitors can also buy kits for $5 to create a quilt square. Proceeds benefit the Kids Cancer Alliance.

The exhibition features 5 quilts from Hall’s We Didn’t Wait For Freedom quilt series, plus a sixth quilt hand and machine pieced by Hall using original Civil War era quilt blocks.

On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad.” Connie Martin, an Illinois Humanities Road ...

Explore Civil War history at Castlerock Museum on July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy reenactors, artillery replicas, and period ...

The Pieces and Patches Quilt Club will meet at 10 a.m. April 1 at the Grace United Methodist Church, 1801 S Dixieland Road in Rogers. The program will be presented by Sharon Phillips on "slow ...