World War I Quilts

Quilt recording soliders who served, made in Harveyville, Kansas

Collection of the World War I Museum, Kansas City

Since we are all living through World War I in Downton Abbey here are a few of the many quilts associated with that particular war.

Another from Kansas City's World War I Museum

See more about the museum here:

http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx 

It''s similar to one made from uniforms and service flags by Herbert James Smith 

in the collection of the Henry Ford Museum

http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/quiltinggenius/quilts/2001_70_1.asp

Elizabeth Marthaler Stauf, Marysville, Kansas. Collection of the Kansas Museum of History

http://www.kshs.org/p/cool-things-patriotic-eagles-quilt/15950 

Fundraiser thought to have been made in 1915 to commemoriate Spanish American War. From WillyWonky's blog. See more here:

http://willywonkyquilts.blogspot.com/2011/11/fundraising-quilts.html

A very faded Red Cross quilt

The most common are signed fundraisers for the Red Cross

You can find these in local history museums all over the world

From Timaru, New Zealand

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/quilt.htm

To Odebolt, Iowa

http://www.odebolt.net/november_2006_news.html

The photos of people are from the Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Want to see more? Just do a search for images World War I Quilt or World War 1 Quilt or WW1, etc.