history

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• - Attempts to trace the development and record the history of Hawaiian quiltmaking traditions by interviewing quiltmakers and owners and documenting quilts and quilt patterns before 1959.
  
• - Sharing history and quilts. Come see the magnificent pieces of art.
  
• - Article detailing the history, craftsmanship, and regional differences of Amish quilts, with specific information and resources for collectors and buyers.
  
• - The history of quilts and the lives of the women who created them. Articles on quilting include periods, styles, book reviews and information on making reproduction quilts.
  
• - Quilt history including broderie perse, Civil War quilts, friendship quilts, Victorian quilts, Depression era quilts, Black American quilts, native American quilts and Amish quilting.
  
• - Images and contextual information on hundreds of quilts from several major collections developed by the American Quilt Alliance. Searchable image archive and frequently asked questions.
  
• - A detailed history of art quilting, excerpted from Robert Shaw's 1997 illustrated book, The Art Quilt.
  
• - Quilt Heritage ListServ is a forum for quilters to discuss the historical aspects of quilting.