| Quilting is an ancient activity, present in many cultures | | | | sample is dated 15th century and you can observe |
| and each of these cultures influencing its development | | | | here the parent of the quilting stitch represented by the |
| and particularity through time. The quilts became the | | | | coarse line and embroidery. |
| expression of their maker's feelings, the witness of | | | | The 17th century gives us the first bed covering the |
| historical events or happy moments in simple people's | | | | Levens Hall, made from imported Indian chintzes. The |
| lives. From its beginning until the present days, quilting | | | | details and the exquisite craft design indicate it as an |
| had its ups and downs. Today, the development of the | | | | example of high quality quilting, not just an ordinary bed |
| textiles industry and those of the machines and | | | | covering. |
| accessories used in making the quilts, the improved | | | | When colonists brought the first patchwork-quilted |
| techniques of quilting have transformed this simple | | | | products in America, they did not know how much this |
| activity into a true art. | | | | art would develop here. American women saw the |
| The oldest quilt was comes from ancient Egypt and it | | | | great advantages of quilting, the functionality and the |
| consists in a clothing item found on the statue of an | | | | artistic experience of quilts and decided to expand and |
| Egyptian pharaoh, who lived around the year 3400 | | | | improve the scarce samples brought by the colonists. |
| before Jesus Christ. The technique used in quilting | | | | Therefore, they started to create interesting |
| stitches was also found in decorative objects from | | | | geometrical designs that became very popular in the |
| Middle eve churches. It is considered that the Templar | | | | 1880's fairs and competitions. |
| Knights themselves took over the idea of quilted | | | | Long with the modern sawing techniques of the 20th |
| garments from the Muslim soldiers, who used it to | | | | century, the traditional craft of quilted bed coverings, |
| replace parts of their armour when the metal was not | | | | table coverings or child comforts slightly decreased. |
| enough. | | | | Cheap and mass-produced garments and comforters |
| In America, the ones who have brought and | | | | replaced the original quilted bed coverings. |
| developed quilting were the Dutch and the English | | | | The 1960's brought the remerge of the quilting activity |
| colonists, who made three laired clothes to protect | | | | in the southern areas of the United States and the |
| them from cold and, from the remains of the fabrics | | | | tradition was once again brought back to life and |
| they made bed coverings. This happened in the early | | | | passed from one generation to another. It took almost |
| 12th century and there are some written records | | | | 20 years, until 1980, to make the art of quilting be |
| about the quilting craft and the designed used in those | | | | re-appreciated and practiced all over the country by |
| times, but few samples were found because the | | | | passions women, even became a flowering business. |
| fabrics were perishable. Though, a well-preserved | | | | |