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Quilts are a popular style of bedding that contain a layer of fabric and a layer of batting made from cotton with a colorful, often patchwork top. Quilting is the technique of joining these layers together into a single item. Quilts are generally meant to be used as a bed cover, but they can also be used for decorative purposes.A quilt can be any size and varies widely in design. It’s easy to [...]

Which hand quilted patterns were stitched into American quilts made in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Nine common patterns seen by this quilt historian are described here.1. Clamshell is one of the earliest patterns. They were stitched allover the top on whole cloth and patchwork quilts or as the background between other quilting patterns. 2. Feathers were most common on pre-Civil War fancy [...]

It is said that the first signs of quilting originated in Egyptian historical clothing artifacts and in the times of the templer knights. It was originally used to re-enforce clothes in order to make them warmer for winter. Contemporary quilting has become a rather work of art instead of a clothing necessity and there are many exhibitions that support the beautiful creations of quilt makers. People [...]

Rustic decor combines the primal beauty of Native American art with the stylish lines of a contemporary home to create a warm, expressive atmosphere. Practical but enchanting, rustic decor blends simplicity, functionality and charm, and is typically defined by its use of natural, raw materials. Traditional handmade star quilts and painted animal hides often define this type of decor. The addition [...]

Used as a kind of bedding cover, quilts are constructed using a colorful fabric on top, followed by a cotton batting layer and another fabric layer beneath that to give a strong backing and some support. Quilting is the term used to pull these three layers together. A number of quilts are constructed to provide decoration for homes, but they are most often constructed to be used as covering for the [...]

Folk art is not art as most people would think. You would not find it in the galleries of New York. You find it in people’s homes, garages, and attics. The best way to describe folk art is to say it is the craftsmanship of people from a local area which depicts the everyday life and times they shared. From the weather vane on the barn to the handcrafted rag dolls the children played with, that [...]

Quilts are beautiful handmade works of art. It is a special gift, one of love that can become a family heirloom for generations to cherish. It only takes a matter of skill and talent. If you are good in making quilts, why not start quilting and express yourself through this art?Homemade quilts are signs of love and care. It is done tediously and carefully, foreseeing an end product to be loved and [...]

This is the fun part of all quilt-making techniques. You can engrave the entire world on these quilts. Appliqu? quilt are the quilts that represent certain time in memory.These quilts can be easy as well as hard to make, hard because there is no certain pattern that you have to follow so those who are accustomed to copying certain patterns will find it hard to do while those who are creative and let [...]

The history of Patchwork Quilting dates back to the era of the Pharaohs where these samples have been found on several tombs. Even the armors that they used were made of quilted fabrics. You can find some amazing 17th century quilted bed covers. Several immigrants from Europe took this wonderful art of making quilts with scraps popularly called Patchwork Quilting to America leading to exchange of [...]

It is common knowledge that with winter there are quite a lot of ailments that affect children. Such ailments are usually attributed to the lack of right heating elements at home or they can be attributed to the non-availability of the right garments or quilts. Making the right sized kids quilt can be time consuming and cumbersome. Especially, when our world is so very fast paced, we just can’t [...]