Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections at the International Quilt Museum located in Lincoln, gave a presentation on the museum to a crowd of over 100 people at the Legacy of the Plains Museum on Saturday evening. The museum hosts a collection of over 6,500 quilts from around the world and across multiple centuries.
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The International Quilt Museum's "Wreath" (1860-1880), left, and "Dutchman's Puzzle" (2009, Emporia Kansas), right, were two of the several quilts on display at the Legacy of the Plains Museum on Saturday.
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Sheridan Ferguson, 13, holds up one of the three quilts she displayed at the Legacy of the Museum on Saturday for the International Quilt Museum fundraiser event. This quilt was a mystery quilt project in which she didn't know what the final outcome would look like until she finished.
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Emily Knouse stands with one of the first quilts she made, showing it alongside quilts from the International Quilt Museum at its fundraiser event on Saturday. Her Quilt of Valor (not pictured) will be going to state.
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Hunter Creech, 11, showed his science quilt (bottom) at the IQM fundraiser. The quilt won reserve champion at the Scotts Bluff County Fair and will be headed to state.
Quilts large and small took over the Legacy of the Plains Museum Saturday evening for a special night with the International Quilt Museum (IQM) out of Lincoln.
Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections at the International Quilt Museum located in Lincoln, gave a presentation on the museum to a crowd of over 100 people at the Legacy of the Plains Museum on Saturday evening. The museum hosts a collection of over 6,500 quilts from around the world and across multiple centuries.
The International Quilt Museum's "Wreath" (1860-1880), left, and "Dutchman's Puzzle" (2009, Emporia Kansas), right, were two of the several quilts on display at the Legacy of the Plains Museum on Saturday.
Sheridan Ferguson, 13, holds up one of the three quilts she displayed at the Legacy of the Museum on Saturday for the International Quilt Museum fundraiser event. This quilt was a mystery quilt project in which she didn't know what the final outcome would look like until she finished.
Emily Knouse stands with one of the first quilts she made, showing it alongside quilts from the International Quilt Museum at its fundraiser event on Saturday. Her Quilt of Valor (not pictured) will be going to state.
Hunter Creech, 11, showed his science quilt (bottom) at the IQM fundraiser. The quilt won reserve champion at the Scotts Bluff County Fair and will be headed to state.
