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History of Quilts
Bibliography
America’s Glorious Quilts, Dennis Duke and Deborah Harding, editors; Hugh Lauder Levin Associates, Inc., China, 1987.
The American Quilt, A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950, by Roderick Kiracofe et al., Clarkson Potter, New York, NY, 1993.
The Amish Quilt, by Eve Wheatcroft Granick, Good Books, Intercourse, PA, 1989.
Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Antique Quilts, by Barbara Brackman, EPM Publications, McLean, VA, 1989.
Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960, by Eileen Jahnke Trestain, American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, 1998.
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, compiled by Barbara Brackman, American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY, 1993.
Home and Country: Early 19th Century Quilts in the DAR Museum, by Alden O’Brien, DAR Museum, Washington, DC, 2005.
Lavish Legacies, Baltimore Album and Related Quilts in the Collection of the Maryland Historical Society, by Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, 1994.
My Mother’s Quilts: Designs from the Thirties, by Sara Nephew, That Patchwork Place, Bothell, WA, 1988.
Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair, bybMerikay Waldvogal and Barbara Brackman, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, 1993.
Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them, by Marie Webster.
Red and Green: An Applique Tradition, by Jeana Kimball, That Patchwork Place, Bothell, WA, 1990.
Small Endearments: Nineteenth Century Quilts for Children and Dolls (2nd edition), by Sandi Fox, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN, 1985.
Surviving the Winter, the Evolution of Quiltmaking in New Mexico, by Dorothy R. Zopf, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.
Web Sites
The Quilt Index www.quiltindex.org
Quilts from museums and state documentation projects are in the online collection.
Maryland Historical Society www.mdhs.org
See Baltimore Album quilts under exhibitions.
International Quilt Study Center & Museum www.quiltstudy.org
Browse their incredible online quilt collection.
Quilt History www.quilthistory.com
I am a member of the following organizations:
American Quilter’s Society
Individual members; magazine and national show; training and certification of appraisers, judges, and teachers of quilts.
American Quilt Study Group
For avid professional and amateur quilt historians; publishes research on quilters and their work.
Baltimore Applique Society
Individual members who love to appliqué and study Baltimore Album quilts; a national newsletter comes out monthly. Meetings and events are held in Baltimore area.
Southwest Quilters Guild
Southwest Fiber Arts Cooperative
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