This hive has taught me so much, pointed out so many rabbit holes, led me in research directions I could never have imagined. A shout out to Ginny Gunn, who was the first to welcome me, and who became a mentor and close friend she taught me 'the AQSG Way.' I have tried to follow her example. When asked about her experience with AQSG, Xenia said, " When I discovered AQSG I felt I had found a home with a host of members who would be friends. ![]() She makes, collects, researches, and sells quilts. She has owned Legacy Quilts, an antique quilts brokerage, since 1980, and for ten years produced Quilt America! in Indianapolis. In 2001 she helped to found the Midwest Fabric Study Group, and is the 2018 Quilters Hall of Fame honoree. Xenia is an associate fellow at the International Quilt Museum, and served on its international advisory board and as acquisitions coordinator. International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 234 Home Economics Building, P.O. Antique textiles, including quilts, are very fragile. She is a co-author, with Kay and Lori Triplett, of Chintz Quilts from the Poos Collection. To stimulate interest in the arts through the support of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum of the university of nebraska-lincoln and through the. International Quilt Study Center & Museum Special precautions must be taken when displaying and storing fragile quilts. Since then she has served as a board member, endowment committee co-chair, and president for AQSG, has written numerous articles for Blanket Statements and for quilt shelter magazines, and has had four research papers published in Uncoverings (one co-authored with Mary Jane Eichacker-Kaufman). In 1997 in Lawrence, KS she presented the first AQSG study center, on kit quilt history. Motel 6 Lincoln, NE Graduate Lincoln Best Western Plus Lincoln Inn & Suites La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Lincoln Embassy Suites Lincoln Holiday Inn Express and. ![]() ![]() For twenty years she taught folklore at Indiana University Kokomo, during which time she discovered quilts and AQSG - and never looked back. Xenia Cord is an independent researcher with undergraduate and advanced degrees in history, folklore and American studies from Indiana University.
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