Thread: a 1000 plus pictures of Amish quilts

Beautiful quilts! Thanks for sharing.

I could be lost here forever. I had to quit and bookmark as my keyboard was getting soaked with drool. Loved the one with the Amish buggies along with a house block and many others.

OK, I bookmarked that site! Lots of gorgeous eye candy and ideas. Thanx

I had to stop looking! Too many pretties! Even saw a couple of Dunster's pattern in there. The Amish do all the quilting by hand, but I think the piecing may be done by machine now. I haven't seen one close up in quite awhile. But, it goes to show everyone that you can get what your quilt is worth.

Yes, Amish quilts are mostly pieced with treadle sewing machines, not hand pieced. Of course they are hand quilted. My parent's families were both Amish until they were about 6 yrs. old and the tradition of hand quilting has been kept strong in my family. My grandmother (now deceased), my mother, two of my three sisters and I are all avid hand quilters. I remember visiting an Amish relative's home in northern Indiana when I was a child. We walked past a young boy using an old fashioned style push mower (not motorized) in the front yard into the front room of the house where, under one of the open windows, sat a treadle sewing machine with a stunning Lone Star quilt in process. It was all solid colors in the colors of the rainbow with about 3 shades of each color as it radiated out from tip to tip of the large diamond that makes each point of the star. As a young girl, it made a lasting impression on me. The very simply furnished room with very plain white curtains blowing in the breeze of the open window contrasted with the beautiful, brightly-colored quilt in process. I've always wondered what the finished quilt looked like. Wonder if I could sell some of my quilts at those prices if I call them "Amish-heritage" or something?