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