Vintage quilts have a way of stitching the past straight into the present. Their patterns may be geometric, homespun, or improvisational, but each carries an unmistakable sense of provenance – ...
Texas mom Allison Eyler turned a love of vintage quilts into Throw Midland, an upcycled quilt-coat business powered by expert Florida seamstress Lottie Dal. Together, they source, restore, and ...
Discover the vintage and antique quilt styles buyers want most now, from two-tone classics to Amish designs and graphic 19th-century patterns.
Collectors and curators alike prize Amish quilts for their timeless simplicity and graphic style that can also look modern. Believe it or not, early German-speaking immigrants warmed their beds with ...
This quilt has seen better days. Among the colonial-era relics at the Thoroughgood House, an 18th-century bedcover is showing its age. So much so that’s it’s been selected by the Virginia Association ...
If you can see dark spots in the quilt when held up to a strong light or sunny window, they may be cotton seeds. Some collectors claim that this means the quilt was made before the invention of the ...