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New Pathways into Quilt History written by
Kimberly Wulfert,
www.antiquequiltdating.com
Women (and Men) at Work
People of the Past
Today's
Quilt Historians
(listed
alphabetically)
The Sewing Machine and
Quilters in the 19th Century
by
Kimberly Wulfert The first
several years the sewing machine was available in
America . . . One would think women had flocked to
buy them . . .
Elias
Howe patented the sewing machine in 1846.
Dana Balsamo - Quilt
Historian
"I had started quilting in 1994 and immediately my
tastes turned toward the Depression Era reproduction
fabrics and traditional patterns ..."
Lynne Bassett - Textile and
Costume Historian“It goes back so far I hardly know when it
began. My first opportunity to study historic
textiles came in 1983, when I was a summer fellow at
Historic Deerfield ..."
Richard Cleveland - "Quilt
Bureaucrat"Richard Cleveland, Founder of
the Vermont Quilt Festival calls himself a 'quilt
bureaucrat' in this lively interview.
Carol Ely, PhD - Museum Educator and Exhibit
Developer“I'm a historian - not really a
textile historian, but a social historian - I study
the people who made and used textiles and the
context of their lives in American history."