Marie Webster was a leader of the quilt revival of
the early 20th century. She wrote the first book of
quilt history, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make
Them, published in 1915, and was known world-
wide for her innovative appliqué quilt designs,
which appeared in leading magazines like the
Ladies Home Journal. A pioneering woman
entrepreneur, Marie Webster conducted a thriving
mail-order quilt pattern business from her home in
Marion between 1911 and 1942. Marie Webster’s
house has been designated as a National Historic
Landmark, the highest honor bestowed by the
National Park Service on America’s most
treasured historic and cultural resources.
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