How quilts are made


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Brief History of Quilting

Quilting is the art of stitching throughthe 1700s the more wealthy ladies were
padding that has been placed between 2making their quilts from pieces of silk,
layers of cloth. It was believed tolinen and wool and these became known as
have been invented by the Americans inCrazy Quilts. In fact quilts and
the 19th Century. However this is notbedding were highly prized by families
true. In fact, quilting has been aroundduring the 1700 and 1800's and would be
in Egypt since 3,400 BC. Certainly onepassed down from generation to
of the earliest examples to be found ofgeneration.
quilting was that of a carved ivoryBy the middle of the 1800's, because of
figure of an Egyptian pharaoh from thethe invention of the cotton gin, this
1st Dynasty. The figure was supposedlyfabric begun to be manufactured not just
wearing a quilted mantle and certainlyin Europe but in the US as well. It was
quilting was probably used as layers inthen that patchwork quilting patterns
clothing in order to keep a person warm.became the vogue. Only the more wealthy
In fact many early forms of quiltingquilters would be able to buy cotton in
were not used for bedding but rather asits various shades and then cut it up
clothing in order to keep a person warm.into geometric shapes which they could
Only later on did people decide that itthen sew together in blocks. Originally
was the ideal solution for keepingonly very simple designs were used such
themselves warm at night as well. Inas squares, rectangles and triangles,
Europe in colonial times the soldiers ofbut as time progressed the designs being
this time resisted wearing armor andproduced were much more daring and
instead turned to padded quiltedfanciful. But with the invention of the
clothing instead to provide them withlocked stitch sewing machine a woman was
protection.able to put together a quilt much more
Then by the 1600's colonists who hadquickly than they had been able to
moved to America were also bringingpreviously when sewing their quilting
their quilting skills and styles withfabric together by hand.
them from their homelands in Europe. By



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