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Book SynopsisLaPinta reveals the pivotal role that Kentucky's quilts and quiltmakers have played in shaping significant aspects of the national quilt scene, including the first statewide quilt documentation project, significant exhibits, major quilt organizations, and the National Quilt Museum.
Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Part I Needlework on the Frontier to the Launch of Commonwealth Quilt Commerce Nineteenth Century Kentucky Quilt Styles, Types, Patterns, and Paraphernalia The Influence of the Sewing Machine and the Manufacture of Cotton Batting The Presence and Influence of Early Black Quiltmakers and Quilters Quilts as Communication and Commemoration Quiltmaking During the Civil War and the Quilt Code Debunked The Shaker Myth Quashed Part II Twentieth Century Quilt Influences, Styles, and Preferences The Rise of Twentieth Century Quilt Commerce The Rise of Quilt Contests The Rise of Art Quilts, Key Influential Exhibitions, and Select Kentucky Art Quilters The Rise of the Study of Quilt History Part III Innovations, Institutions, and Entrepreneurs Reconfigure the Quilt World Kentuckians Celebrate Tradition So Quilts Will "Go On" Quilt-Based Teaching Proliferates and Kentuckians Advance Creative Techniques Quiltmakers Give Back Appendices Appendix One Appendix Two Appendix Three Appendix Four Appendix Five Appendix Six Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography About the Author
