Quilt Block
Collection
PATTERN BOOKS:
Responding to requests for copies of the original quilt block patterns, the Central
Oklahoma Quilters Guild has published, with permission of the newspaper, all of
the individual patterns and an illustrated index to the pattern
collection. To order books, please
indicate your selections on the order form printed below. Mail the form, along with your name and
address (including ZIP CODE) and check or money order to:
Oklahoma Heritage Quilts
published by the American Quilters Society, is no longer in print. The book contains 200 color photos of
pre-1940 quilts, plus historical information from the OK Quilt Heritage
Project. As of November 2005, the guild
is offering on a compact disk the complete manuscript of the book along with
the complete database compiled by the OK Heritage Quilt Project Team in
preparation for publishing the book. And
the cost of the CD is only $20 plus $4 for shipping and handling.
Mail to:
Please send the Following:
_____Volume 1, K.C. Star, All patterns printed 1928-1930.
$12
_____Volume 2, K.C. Star, All patterns printed 1931-1934.
$18
_____Volume 3, K.C. Star, All patterns printed 1935-1943.
$20
_____Volume 4, K.C. Star, All patterns printed 1944-1961.
$19.50
_____Volume 5, K.C. Star, The Ultimate Illustrated Index of
_____Oklahoma Heritage Quilt complete manuscript and database
on CD $20.00
Please add $4 per book or CD for
the first book and $3 for each additional book for postage. Please add
SEND BOOKS OR CD’S TO:
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Experience.....A Galaxy of
Sponsored
by the
The Project: A display featuring
nearly 1,000 blocks made from patterns from the Kansas City Star newspaper
columns of 1928 through 1961 has been assembled by the Central Oklahoma
Quilters Guild. The complete exhibit
includes 41 quilt-sized panels, each containing about 25 individually quilted
& bound blocks, plus four quilts made from pattern series. In 1985 Betty Jo Haines proposed that the guild
collect original clippings of the 1,068 patterns published by the Star. As word spread about the project, original
pattern clippings arrived by the bundle.
Each pattern was re-drafted and the quilt block sewn, quilted and bound
by a guild member. As the blocks were
completed they were mounted on black felt panels for display.
The Block Collection: The 41 panels
of the Kansas City Star Block Collection are arranged chronologically, with the
blocks displayed in the same order in which they were originally
published. Blocks containing feed and
flour sack fabrics are specially marked, since these materials were widely used
by quilters when the patterns appeared in the Kansas City Star. Every aspect of life was represented over the
fifty years the patterns were printed.
Patriotic subjects from World Wars I and II to simple details of
everyday life in the
Display & Rental Information:
The 41 quilt-sized panels in the Kansas City Star Quilt Block Collection are
available for display at quilt-related events or for educational purposes. A rental fee of $10 per panel, plus a
refundable $200 security deposit. The entire collection of 41 panels may be
rented or a lesser number of panels if display space is limited. Please direct all inquiries regarding rental
to:
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