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The Origin of Mountain Mist Patterns
1995
Editor(s): Waldvogel, Merikay
Introduction:
In 1928, the Stearns & Foster Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, repackaged its cotton batting and became a potent force in promoting quilts. Through national advertising and company sponsored quilt exhibits, the firm increased sales of Mountain Mist batting and also created a demand for its wrapper patterns. Earlier attempts to research the patterns have been limited to information gleaned from wrappers, pamphlets, and advertisements, since company records had been lost. Newly discovered correspondence between the sales manager of Stearns & Foster's batting department and a professional artist in Tennessee, dating from July 1929 through February 1930, provide insights on the design and production of Mountain Mist patterns, and on the company's efforts to fuel the quiltmaking revival of the 1930s.
When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncoverings volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/12/.
Gunn, Virginia
1995
Gunn, Virginia
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Berenson, Kathryn W.
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Clark, Ricky
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Patterson, Naida Treadway
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Cord, Xenia E.
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
O'Bryant-Seabrook, Marlene
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Gebel, Carol Williams
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Elsley, Judy
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Gunn, Virginia
1995
From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
Breneman, Judy Anne
2001
This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Quilt History: A Tour of Quilts Through Time essays. Travel from Colonial times through the Civil War and the Victorian era up to the 20th century quiltmaking revival.
Breneman, Judy Anne
2001
This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of The History of Quilting Patterns essays. Before magazines and mail order patterns were widely available women shared them with each other. A pattern might have been mailed to a sister out west as well as given to the neighbor just down the road. The study of these patterns is an intriguing blend of fact and myth. Where did the names come from and when were they designed?