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To learn more about the Rankin quilts:

Virtual "Hearts and Flowers" presentation, featuring Museum Director, Barbara Oehlsclaeger-Garvey, from February 8, 2022 at Hearts and Flowers on Facebook or Hearts and Flowers on YouTube.

To learn more about Illinois quilts and quilting check out:

History from the Heart: Quilt Paths Across Illinois by E. Duane Elbert and Rachel Kamm Elbert (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993).

Keeping Us In Stitches: Quilts and Quilters by the Illinois State Museum (Art:Quilts and Quilters (state.il.us))