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American Quilt
History
Stitching the
Journey of the McHaney Rose Mosaic Quilt:
1889 to 2008 by Lenn Jackson
1884 New Orleans
Exposition (aka Cotton Fair) sold the pattern for the
Rose Quilt, and shown at the 1902 St. Louis World's Fair
Colonial Revival Style Quilts
Turn-of-the-20th Century Influences
on American
Quilts and Quilting
Quilt Quips in
Fiction
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD
. . . passages
from books in which the authors have used quilts or
fabrics as details, to paint a finer picture for their
readers . . .
Katie's Quilt pattern
c. 1900 blucwork blocks with reproduction
fabric make this quilt
Album & Signature Quilt History,
1830
- Today
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD
Revised
September 2005
Friendship
Signature Quilt Top
1910-1916
by
Kimberly Wulfert, PhD
Do you
recognize these names?
Many
different signature techniques are used on this top.
A 19th Century
Journey
by Lorie
Stubbs "In Praise of Quilts" weekend at
the Genesee Country Village Museum, NY
New England's Early
Whole Cloth
Wool Quilts
by
Lynne Zacek Bassett Romantic but
unsubstantiated history credits American colonists with
stitching the first quilted bed covers of colorful
patchwork, salvaged from precious bits of cloth.
California Quilts
1840 - 1940
by
Kimberly Wulfert, PhD A verbal tour of a
quilt show, curated by Sandi Fox at the Fashion
Institute of Design & Merchandising
Eagles on Quilts and Eagle Quilt Kits
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD
A discussion with sample photos of eagles on quilts and
on eagle kit quilts.
Crazy Quilting
Today
by Melody Crust Did you know that
Crazy Quilts and heavily embellished garments were once
a mark of affluence? |
Women's Symbols of Endurance: QUILTS
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD
Colonial Revival quilt exhibit at Stagecoach Inn Museum,
in Newbury Park, CA
Patriotic Quilts Through
Time
by Kimberly
Wulfert, PhD Patriotic symbols that we see on quilts can
change over time. Yet symbols from the past remain with
us too, such as the eagle, Liberty Bell, . . .
Eagles on Quilts and Textiles
and
Eagle Quilt Kits
by Kimberly
Wulfert, PhD
International
Quilt History
Scandinavia to America: Quilting Through the
Generations
She could put down her needle and rest.
by Janet Dykstra
An Irish quilt
historian Restores a British historical quilt
by Quilt preservationist and
collector Roselind Shaw, Northern Ireland
- made
with textiles commemorating
Col. Robert Baden-Powell
(the founder of the Boy Scouts), and the ending of the
seige of Mafeking in the Boer War, 1900
An Interview with
Celia Eddy and her "Quilted Planet"
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD English
quilter, textile researcher & historian Celia Eddy has
just written her sixth quilt book, which focuses on
quilts made today & yesterday, far & wide around our
world.
Early Irish Patchwork Quilts and Traditions
by
Roselind Shaw
A Durham Quilt,
or not?
by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD and Mary
S.
It is a well-known fact that in
general, quilters are warm and sharing people. This
applies to both quilt makers and quilt collectors. Mary
S, from Folsom, California, shared a wonderful example
of this with me, and I thought you would enjoy it, too.
Like the thought of a quilt, it will bring a smile to
your face.
Mémoires d'enfance... par Christiane Billard
Childhood memories…
by Christiane Billard Translated from the
French version she wrote for Les Nouvelles du Patchwork,
the magazine by France Patchwork.
Antique Quilts
from Nova Scotia, Canada by Kimberly
Wulfert, PhD; Co-Authored with Janet Gordon If you
were shown three 19th century quilts made in the eastern
U.S., another Wales, the last Nova Scotia, you'd find it
difficult to determine which came from where.
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