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Metadata
Catalog Number |
L2023.0.1 |
Collection |
Quilting: The Fabric of Country Life Exhibit |
Object Name |
Quilting: The Fabric of Country Life |
Scope & Content |
Plaster Museum of Bluemont Heritage 2023 Exhibition: Quilting: The Fabric of Country Life In the late 17th and early 18th centuries quilting was brough to North America by English and Dutch settlers as a Practical and artistic community craft. In the 1730's, quilting came to Loudoun with Quakers who moved from Bucks County, PA, to Waterford. The Quakers highly valued women's sewing skills. At the time, Quaker resident John Jay Janney said, "One of the common labors of women was quilting. They did not buy spreads at the store but quilted them at home. They all had patchwork covers made of bits of calico cut into pieces sewed together and spread over a cotton sheet with raw cotton between them, then quilted in squares and sometimes intricate figures." Read more on the Quilting Flyer. |
Number of images |
11 |
Accession number |
L2023.0.1 |
Additional Information |
Quilting The Fabric of Country Life Quilting In Loudoun Historical and Modern Perspective Chicken Linen Feedsacks became the fabric of life Quilting Exhibit Flyer |