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Stitches in time

Museum celebrating Kansas' 150th anniversary

Susan Gray, left, and Mary Doyle present a quilt celebrating the Kansas Sesquicentennial, Wednesday at the Barton County Historical Society Museum. The museum will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Kansas becoming a state all year long.

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Throughout the years, Kansas settlers marked their weddings or the birth of a child with one of the most functional works of art known — the quilt. Some are fabric masterpieces; others were made with scraps, flour sacks or whatever fabric was available, for the sole purpose of providing warmth.

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