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What's In A Quilt

Quilts are colorful bed coverings made by entirety the contribution of thousands of
sewing together pieces of cloth into black quiltmakers working at the craft
different designs. Quilts were more than over two centuries. What should one think
warm protection against cold winters. of African-American quilts, made over
Quilt making provided women with an such a long period of time that did not
important form of creative expression and conform to the aesthetics-based
invention. Quilts frequently celebrate identification. The casual answer that
birthdays, graduations, weddings, African-American quilts not in compliance
anniversaries, and retirements and a with the criteria were simply copies of
number of the winning entries commemorate white-made, traditional Euro-American
such events. Quilters come together at quilts was unacceptable. More and more
quilting bees to work on coverings questions about African-American quilts
together and to enjoy socializing. emerged as quilt historians realized that
Design findings gathered in these early studies
Many quilts are made with decorative of black-mad quilts had been extrapolated
designs;, some quilts are not used as bed far beyond what the evidence would
covering at all, but are rather made to legitimately support. Further research
be hung on a wall or otherwise displayed. began to place African-American quilts in
Crazy quilts are a popular form of quilt the larger context of black history.
design. The stitches can be made in such Making
a way as to form detailed patterns or Quilt making provided women with an
designs on the quilt. Patchwork quilts important form of creative expression and
are made from many pieces of different invention. While quilters have many tools
colored fabrics that have been sewn and techniques to choose from to
together, or "pieced," in a design. A facilitate the process, the truth is that
quilter can also sew different pieces of making a quilt, particularly a
fabric onto the top of the quilt to form prize-winning quilt, takes time and
designs. Quilts designed to be used as personal commitment. Some had done other
bed coverings should exceed standard kinds of sewing and needlework, and they
mattress size by a minimum of 20 inches found quilt making a natural extension of
on the width and length. their skills. Others learned from church
American groups making quilts for charity.
Brightly colored quilts are made in Quilting in early America was far
virtually every American community, and different than it is now.
they are proudly displayed in homes as History
well as in museums throughout the nation. Through history, cultures around the
Why, after many years of near world have created quilted coverings and
invisibility, have African-American clothing. The study into quilt history is
quilts become so engrossing to art a rapidly growing area of research in
historians, folklorists, ethnologists and American history: the important role
quilt historians. African Americans have women played in our history; domestic
made quilts in this land continuously life in the 18th-20 centuries;
from the late 18th century, yet their development of the textile industry in
work is conspicuously absent from the the Asia, India, Europe and America; the
many published accounts of American quilt purpose for making quilts; their pattern
history. Several factors, products of the and style development over time; current
times, form the basis of the current reproduction fabrics; and last but not
explorations of African-American quilts. least, dating a quilt or a single piece
High drama was associated with early of fabric by its dyes and the method used
research on African-American quilts. Most to print it. Quilts also reflect social
exciting of all was a linkage between history, such as the westward expansion,
black American quilts and African design pioneering on the Plains, wars, political
traditions believed to indicate an and religious campaigns and symbols,
unconscious cultural memory in the working women, interior design through
quiltmakers of their faraway motherland. time and more. It is a wonderful way to
African-American quilts became one of learn about history.
America's newest forms of exotica. Visual Conclusion
criteria for recognizing African-American It is clear from these responses and the
quilts (stitch length, asymmetrical original essays, that the process of
organization of quilt patches, size of making and sharing a quilt can achieve
patches, frequent use of bright colors) many purposes, reflect many and complex
were devised. One needed only apply the meanings and relationships, and warm and
recently created visual criteria to comfort the spirit as well as the body.
identify with certainty quilts of But I am only one of countless many to
African-American origin. How could this find inspiration, comfort, warmth, and
small sample of late-20th-century sustenance in the beauty, history, and
African-American quilts represent in its folklore of quilts.




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