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Author Janneken Smucker traces the cultural biography of Amish quilts from the hands of their makers to the hands of their collectors. Hardback with many pictures of beautiful Amish quilts

Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955 by Janet Finley: The history of quilts, their makers, and usage is an important part of our country's heritage presented here in full detail through 330 vintage photographs. Books on quilt history have, to date, included only a few photos of quilts. This in-depth collection, most of which has never been seen before, date from 1855 to 1955. Each vivid image provides commentary on quilting specifics, photography, costume, and American cultural history, especially toward the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Photographic formats and a glossary of quilting terms are included to aid the reader in dating their own vintage photographs. This book is a wonderful resource for all quilters, historians, and photographers.

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" | 330 images | 192 pp

ISBN13: 9780764342165

"This is the light that dwells inside all the brilliant wonders of the world, including YOU!" Aaron Becker is the Caldecott Honor-winning author-illistrator of the Journey trilogy and of A Stone for Sascha.

This publication celebrates the development of the center from an idea to the realization of a dream - a building called the Quilt House.

Many American women made warm and attractive quilts to benefit U.S. soldiers during the period 1940-1945, either as outright gifts or as raffle items to raise money for good causes. This book reflects the author's extensive original research of newspaper and magazine articles of the era that feature these quilts. This work authenticates the patterns and designs available to quiltmakers and anchors the quilts historically in time. 335 color photos and descriptive text identify many colorful and patriotic quilts with military symbols and insignia, quilts made for donation to the Red Cross and organizations such as Bundles for Britain to raise money for the war effort. When possible, original patterns and designs that inspired the quilts are included. This work is important historically and emotionally to the appreciative families for whom these quilts, and thousands more yet to be discovered, were originally intended. Their legacies will continue because now these quilts can be interpreted from factual and objective perspectives.

Wild by Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the early nineteenth century to the present, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts.

From the state fair to the clothesline, women have sought ways to exhibit the beauty and optical effects of their quilts. The "quilting frolic" of the nineteenth century was for many women an alternative to the art academy and the salon. Janet Berlo reminds us that quilts were a valued form of artistic expression, meant to be shared and admired among the company of other women.

Over fifty applique and pieced quilts are illustrated, chosen from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center for their outstanding visual qualities. Each is accompanied by a lively dialogue among quilt experts that illustrates the varied dimensions of quilts as aesthetic objects of the highest order and as reflections of the lives and societies of their makers. This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture.

Catalog of exhibition What's in a Name? Inscribed Quilts - presents an eclectic group of quilts' bearing inscription. Authors Carolyn Ducey and Jonathan Gregory.

Catalog for our grand opening featuring two of our exhibits, Quilts in Common which showcased a selection of many of the Quilt House's masterpiece quilts and Nancy Crow - Cloth, Culture & Context, which reflects the elements influence and inspirations of this famous artist.

In 2022 the International Quilt Museum (IQM) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln celebrates a quarter century of studying, preserving, and exhibiting the Ardis and Robert James Collection. The Jameses' donation of their unparalleled 1000-piece quilt collection in 1997 established the IQM and formed the solid base from which the museum has steadily grown. Today, the IQM collection includes more than 6000 quilts from five different centuries and over 60 countries, and expansion that has been encouraged by the James family, who continue to support the museum's efforts to represent global quiltmaking. This companion publication to the exhibition series An Evolving Vision: The James Collection, 1997-2022 highlights important pieces from various segments of the collection: Classics - stunning antique American quilts; From the Studio - early and innovative art pieces: and New Horizons - quilt traditions from around the world. It also includes a comprehensive catalog of all 1000+ quilts in the James Collection.

Reproduction of the original pamphlet by Quiltmaker Earnest B. Haight to assist the homemaker in successful quilting techniques. Published in conjunction with our exhibition The Engineer Who Could:Ernest Haight's Half Century of Quiltmaking, with pictures of quilts featured in that exhibit.