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. It certainly isn’t medieval! The problem with this familiar stereotype is that it doesn’t go far enough. Quilting may have reached its apogee in the glorious appliqued quilts of 19th century Baltimore, but it was practiced nearly two thousand years earlier. America's Quilting History, Quilt Styles and Quilting Myths.
Travel from Colonial times through the Civil War and theVictorian era up to the 20th century quiltmaking revival.
Including the styles that you expect like Baltimore Albumand Crazy Quilts and others that will surprise you. Native American, Black American, Mexican American Hawaiian, Hmong & Amish quiltmaking history. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts. Discover how researchers have separated fact from myth.The truth can be more interesting than fiction. History of Quilts. Needlework & Quilt History - Making Reproduction Quilts.