quilting
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
Project : Tag Along Tote designed by Terry Atkinson, featuring “Urban Couture” fabrics by Basic Grey.
Atkinson Designs: “Tag Along Tote”
Quilt History - A short introduction to period quilting
By Lady Sarah Davies c/o Karen Evans 5 Deerfield Drive Easthampton, MA01027 aol.com The word "quilt" summons a host of images: thrifty pioneer housewives piecing elaborate patchworks for their families; album quilts signed by every member of a community as a gift for a departing mayor or pastor, or perhaps raffled for a worthy cause; perhaps even a wholecloth petticoat worn by a colonial dame as she danced with George Washington, or a brightly colored scrap quilt made by a grandmother or aunt during the Depression. The popular image of the quilt is of the quilt is modern, calico, and American.