a 1000 plus pictures of Amish quilts
#12
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I always wonder how they can get those prices for their quilts when so many on QB have trouble getting less for theirs!
QUOTE=lillybeck;6252580]They do make awesome quilts. I had to laugh because we worry that we charge to much. lol[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=lillybeck;6252580]They do make awesome quilts. I had to laugh because we worry that we charge to much. lol[/QUOTE]
#14
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.
#17
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?
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