On Sept. 19, 1928, the Kansas City Star newspaper in Missouri ran their first quilt pattern called “Pine Tree.” Publishing quilt patterns in the Kansas City Star newspaper was the brain child of Ruby ...

In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic order. Capitalism’s emergence represents “a Continue reading » Every ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Pieced 8-inch blocks in the “Evening ...

Make ¼-square and ½-square triangles without cutting a single triangle! Learn to make ¼-square triangles and modified ¼-square triangles—Nancy teaches an easy method where no actual triangles are cut, ...