This quilt in the traditional Dresden Plate pattern was completed over three generations. Jennie Parish pieced the blocks and her Happy Hour Club friends signed them in the mid-1930s. Many years later ...

Jerold Thompson’s mother made the blocks for this quilt from patterns published by The World-Herald in the 1930s. The blocks were in pieces until recently. thompsons Lloyd and Alice Thompson were ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This "Sawtooth" pattern quilt was ...

Quilt. Pieced quilt tied together using different color thread--some sections of thread are light blue and others are almost pink. Sewn together are strips of cloth in an array of designs and colors.

Quilts provide more than warmth for many of the owners who submitted 39 works in the Decatur Public Library’s annual show. The fabric pieced into a pattern represents memories, shared bonds and a ...

Unidentified Maker from the Lapp family, Smoketown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, “Lone Star / Star of Bethlehem” (c. 1935–45), cotton and wool, 81 x 82 inches (205.74 x 208.28 cm) (all photos Julie ...

At last week’s Lancaster-Lebanon Quilt Show, Wayne Kern carried two family heirloom quilts past the art quilts, the quilted sneaker kits and the $10,000 sewing machines. One quilt was lightweight, ...