This quilt was made around 1813 by an unknown maker in the Essick family in Pennsylvania and later brought to Kansas. It was donated by Leda Bobbitt Essick Christleib in 1976. The quilt is of the Christmas Tree pattern. It has a white…
Mary (Edwards) Worley taught at Worley School, District 67, for 3 years from 1931 to 1933. She married Lawrence Worley in 1938 and they moved to Oregon in 1938.
The names on the quilt are the students of Worley School the first year she taught.
The quilt…
Purple and Gold Friendship Comforter
Donated by the Christian Church of Emporia and by Betty Donner in 1987.
Made by the Kum Join Us Class of the Methodist Church of Eureka in 1937
It is believed that someone bought it at auction of someone living in Emporia and…
Christ Lutheran Friendship Quilt This quilt was made in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Lutheran Church in Greenwood County from 1869 to 1994. Upper Fall River (Norwegian) 1969; Christ, 1873; St. Paul, 1911. The names of all the ministers of all the…
Flower Basket Friendship Quilt Made circa 1930 by the Upper Fall River Lutheran Ladies Aide Society. 30 families, couples and individual’s names. The blocks are all pieced and use a combination of solid and patterned fabrics. The handles of the baskets…