Womenfolk Quilt History Collection

Breneman, Judy Anne

November; 10; 2022

An archive of articles from the Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting and Quilts and Quiltmaking Yesterday and Today website.

Collection

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Womenfolk 27. The Evolution of Art Quilts and Quilting

Breneman, Judy Anne

2008

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Womenfolk 28. The Holy Bible: Source of Inspiration

Breneman, Judy Anne

2003

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Womenfolk 29. Women's Temperance Movement Quilts

Breneman, Judy Anne

2003

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Womenfolk 30. Mourning Quilts to Remember and Cherish

Breneman, Judy Anne

2001

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Womenfolk 32. Quilt Labels and Ways Quilts Were Signed

Breneman, Judy Anne

2001

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Womenfolk 33. The History of 20th Century Kit Quilts

Breneman, Judy Anne

2007

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

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Minnesota Quilt Stories - Gertrude Haase Pritzel

Minnesota Quilt Stories

September; 20; 1993

Gertrude Hasse Pritzel (1902-2000) of Woodbury, MN

Story

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North Carolina Quilts

Sullivan, Kathlyn Fender

September; 9; 2012

Quiltmaking in North Carolina began as a pastime for privileged women and then later to the poor out of necessity. Today, quilts are back to being a social pastime due to the increasing number of women joining the work force.

Essay

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Quiltmaking Traditions in Nebraska: An Overview

Crews, Patricia Cox

2011

In her essay, Patricia Cox Crews describes quiltmaking in Nebraska by first looking at Nebraska itself and then into quiltmaking from 1870-1940. She then introduces to the reader the Nebraska Quilt Project.

Essay

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Claire Vlasin's Feedsack Quilts

Vlasin, Ray; Simonson, Theresa

June; 8; 2017

Claire loved and collected feedsack fabric.

Gallery

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Frugal and Fashionable: Quiltmaking During the Great Depression

Brackman, Barbara

2011

Although there is some truth to the frugal stereotypes of "Depression Quilts", the current research being conducted across America by quilt projects indicates that our view of Depression quilts is far too narrow. Even the name is wrong, as there is much evidence that the fashion for making scrappy, pastel quilts dates to about the mid-1920s and the style persisted until about the 1950s.

Essay

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A Quiltin' Gatherin' at Aunt Nora's

Clark, Joe

September; 5; 1943

A pictorial about a quilt gathering.

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Feed Sacks in Georgia: Their Manufacture, Marketing, and Consumer Use

Rhoades, Ruth

1997

From Uncoverings 1997, Volume 18 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

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Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags: Pieced into Quilt History

Wright,Sarah Bliss

2013

From Uncoverings 2013, Volume 34 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

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