A Brief History of Quilting

The art of quilting is not something new to this world, ittwo-combined mattress. It was in the 15th century
has been around for centuries, but still there is nowhen the Europeans found quilting as a necessity
confirmation about the exact origin. According to thewhen they were troubled by cold winds in the winter
historians is that the history of quilting, piecing andseason.
applique was widely used for clothing and decoratingThe very first quilts were made of few layers of cloth
stuff at home in ancient times. There is a commonthat was attached together with running stitches. Quilt
belief that quilting originated in China and Egypt at theFrames came into existence as it was difficult to stitch
same time. The oldest quilted garment found till nowmany layers of cloth together. Europeans, blessed with
dates back to somewhere around 3400 BC.these frames started to create quilts that were more
Back in the 11th century, the crusaders picked up adecorative, more finely stitched.
type of quilting from the Middle East and brought it19th century marked a great period of quilting in Europe
back to Europe. During that time, quilted piece of clothand America. People in villages would come together
was used by the Knights to give them extra cushionand make one or more quilts in an afternoon. Women
under their armor.were very pleased with this as they could come out
The Romans were the pioneers in introducing quiltedof the boundaries of their home and could contribute in
bedding, which was used as mattress. Europeans gotdoing something useful.
hold with this idea and they stuffed sack between