DES MOINES, Iowa —

An Iowa woman is getting the chance to see one of her creations hanging in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's newest exhibit, State Fairs: Growing American Craft .

The exhibit is described as a culmination of five years of work and research dedicated to artists' crafts at state fairs across the nation. There are more than 240 works on display, with each gallery looking at "personal stories of craft found in different areas of the fairgrounds, from the art exhibits and heritage villages to the parades, dairy barns, and rodeos."

One of Mary Shotwell's many blue ribbon-winning quilts, called My Millefiori, will be displayed in the exhibit.

"Millefiori is actually the name of a style of quilting that goes back quite some years to British quilting, where it was all d

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