Originally Posted by Holice
She referred to herself as a "quilt stamper" and not designer. She would mark her designs for you and at the time - depending on how much work she had to do and if she really liked you, would charge from $35- $65 and up to hand mark the design.
Yes, there was a cottage industry in the North of England in the 1800's where quilt stampers would mark a cloth for other people to quilt.
I have a beautiful book by Maggi McCormick Gordon called "The Quilter's Resource Book" which is a pictoral history of quilting traditions from around the world, and it includes many pictures of quilts now in museums. There is a section on whole cloth quilts, including a review of the northcountry stampers and pictures of their work. I'm not sure if the book is still available, but it is worth looking at, even if only in your local library.