Foreword, by Shelly Zegart Introduction Part I: Tracing the First 125 Years, c. 1775-1900 1. Needlework on the Frontier to the Launch of Commonwealth Quilt Commerce: c. 1750-1820 2. Nineteenth Century Kentucky Quilt Styles, Types, Patterns, and Paraphernalia 3. The Influence of the Sewing Machine and the Manufacture of Cotton Batting 4. The Presence and Influence of Early Black Quiltmakers and Quilters 5. Quilts as Communication and Commemoration 6.

Quiltmaking During the Civil War and the Quilt Code Debunked 7. The Shaker Myth Quashed Part II: Altering the Aesthetic and Celebrating the Legacy, c.1900-2000 8. Twentieth Century Quilt Influences, Styles, and Preferences, by Linda Elisabeth LaPinta and Georgia Green Stamper 9. The Rise of Twentieth Century Quilt Commerce 10. The Rise of Quilt Contests 11. The Rise of Art Quilts, Key Influential Exhibitions, and Select Kentucky Art Quilters 12. The Rise of the Study of Quilt History Part III: Millennial Shifts in Material Culture, c.

2000-2024 13. Innovations, Institutions, and Entrepreneurs Reconfigure the Quilt World 14. Kentuckians Celebrate Tradition So Quilts Will "Go On" 15. Quilt-Based Teaching Proliferates and Kentuckians Advance Creative Techniques 16. Quiltmakers Give Back Appendices Appendix One: Contemporary Quiltmakers Share Their Techniques Appendix Two: Quilt Care Appendix Three: How to Pad and Fold a Quilt for Storage Appendix Four: Quilts Housed in Historic Homes, Historic Sites, and Museum Quilt Collections, and Kentucky Online Quilt Resources Appendix Five: Select Kentucky Quilt Organizations Appendix Six: Select National and International Quilt Museums and Organizations Afterword, by Frank Bennett Acknowledgements Bibliography About the Author Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce.