Don’t Tell Ken Burns Quilts Are Quaint

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico, Russell Lee, 1940 (LoC)

(NYTimes) This week, the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Neb., will reveal a surprising side of the prolific filmmaker Ken Burns: He collects quilts. The exhibition “Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection” will display 28 of them for the first time.

Mr. Burns has been buying American quilts since the mid-1970s, often on prowls through antique stores on the back roads of New England; before too long, dealers began coming to him. Continued

The Most Ridiculous Outfit Ever Worn to A Gunfight In The History of The American West

(Bob Boze Bell) ... imagine you are the costume designer on a Western movie set. The producers have tasked you with the job of making sure all the costumes are authentic and accurate to the times portrayed in the film.
The story in the film takes place in Nebraska and involves elements of the U.S. Army's Fifth Cavalry and Cheyenne warriors who crossed paths at Warbonnet Creek on July 17, 1876. Continued