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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.

Homage to Cuesta Benberry, 1923 - 2007

Antique Sewing & Needlework Tools - Collecting Bone
by Gloria Brunning, Needleworker


The Non-Electric Sewing Machine,
People Powered Sewing Machines, Not Just for the Amish

by Anne Kusilek Anne is a sewing machine collector and professional quilter from Prairie Farm, WI, who has been using people-powered sewing machines for 16 years. Known by sewing machine collectors as “Damascus Annie” . .

Piecing Together the Past of
Virginia Snow Studios – Elgin, IL
by Susan Wildemuth The name Virginia Snow first began appearing around 1913 when Collingbourne Mills created her to help sell their products.

Biography of Sarah Josepha Hale of Godey's Lady's Book
by Hope Greenberg, University of VT

Laura Weaver -- a True Story
by Pat Moore Her quilt solved a crime.


The Deaf Art Club
by Helene E.R. Oppenheimer
A fascinating way that quilt designs in clay are being used to teach the deaf and blind. 

Kids Can Sew and Craft
from Judi Harris
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 ..."

Mary Bywater Cross - Quilt Historian "After my grandmother Harriet Smith McNeill introduced me to quilts through the small family collection she inherited, my interest was whetted ..."

Hazel Carter - Appraiser, Author, Curator, and Founder of The Quilters Hall of Fame
"Serious study began in Vienna, VA, in 1972 when I read a 1970 article in Needlewoman and Needlecraft magazine, about a 1708 English made patchwork quilt with bed hangings and curtains."

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."

Mary Elizabeth Johnson - Author, Editor, and Researcher in the Home Sewing and Quilt Fields "I'm a writer and editor who started my career in the field of home sewing, working with such companies as Simplicity, Coats & Clark, and Singer in New York City ...

Linda Koe - Collector and Owner of Kirkwood Quilts "Probably 'avid collector' is the best way to portray myself (although some would say 'quilt nut' is a more apt description)."

Pat L. Nickols - Quilt & Fabric Historian "It all began in Columbia, MO in 1977 when I took my first class in quilting ... 

Froncie Quinn - Museum Licensed Pattern Writer for the Shelburne Museum, Old Sturbridge Village Museum, Vermont Quilt Festival Collection

Julia D. Zgliniec - Appraiser and Quilting Instructor "I use the title Appraiser because this is currently my main activity. I also enjoy teaching others about quilts, textile history, and appraisal."

 

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