Many antique quilt patterns are known by different names, depending on regional customs and designers. The "Contrary Wife" pattern was published in August, 1941 in The Kansas City Star. Variations of this pattern are known as "Road to California", and "Jacks on Six" which was published in the periodical Ohio Farmer in 1894. Regardless of its name, this simple pattern conveys the Midwestern charm of prairie quilts. Pioneer women hand-pieced this quilt pattern to make warm quilts for the cold winter nights on the prairie.

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