1. Women Quilting in America
By Dr. Paula Harms PAYNE

2. Women Quilting in America
COLONIZATON TO Present

3. Stages in American Quilting
1700s – Early 1800s
1840s – 1860s Civil War
Late 1800s – WWI
1920s – Late 1930s
1939 – WWII
Present
Stages in American Quilting

4. Colonization Quilts
early 1700s –
EARLY 1800S

5. 1700s Whole Cloth Quilt

6. 1750s Whole Cloth Quilt
Block- printed Indigo resist fabric

7. 1764 Sampler Quilt
Common motif: birds, flora, and fauna

8. 1770s Embroidered Coverlet

9. 1770s Medallion Quilt

10. 1782 Framed Counterpane Quilt
Appliqued and embroidered linen and cotton

11. 1808 Medallion Quilt

12. CIVIL WAR QUILTS
1840S – 1860S

13. Signature Civil War Block

14. generals, and other prominent men
Signed by politicians,
generals, and other prominent men
1860s Civil War Quilt

15. Quilt made to fit the size of a soldier’s cot
Civil War Quilt

16. 1860s Civil War Quilt Each block made individ-ually in Pot-holder

17. 1860s Civil War Quilt
Potholder blocks sewn together to form entire quilt

18. 1865 Stars & Strip Quilt
Civil
War
Patriotic Quilt

19. Post Civil War Quilts
Late 1870s - WWI

20. 1872 – After the Civil War
Flower
Applique Quilt

21. 1890s Feathered Star Quilt

22. 1890s Wheel of Time Quilt

23. 1890s Churn Dash Quilt

24. 1890s Crazy Quilt

25. WWI Patriotic Quilt

26. WWI Red Cross Quilt

27. WWI Patriotic Quilt

28. Post WWI Quilts
1920s – Late 1930s

29. 1920’s Trip Around the World
Design originating in colonial period
1920’s Trip Around the World

30. Pattern originated before fall of Alamo 1836
1930s Texas Star Quilt

31. Postage Stamp Design
1925s Quilt Blocks

32. 1928 quilt in soft soldier blue and white
Lemon Peel Design
1928 quilt in soft soldier blue and white

33. Red and white quilt made from feedsacks
1930s Quilt

34. WWII Quilts

35. WWII Quilt made of soldiers’ uniform insignias
Quilt of Valor

36. “V” for Victory Window in Time
WWII Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Quilt
“V” for Victory Window in Time

37. WWII Quilt made of pillow covers sent home by soldiers
Sweetheart Quilt

38. Pineapple Design Quilt of Valor
WWII Quilt in a design popular in many decades
Pineapple Design Quilt of Valor

39. WWII Signature Quilt raising funds for hospital auxillary

40. 1950s Stacked Bars Quilt

41. 1960s Nine Patch

42. Home of the brave Quilts Made by Quilters’ Guild Acadienne
Present Day Quilts
Home of the brave Quilts
Made by Quilters’ Guild Acadienne

43. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to the family of Pfc Lionel Ayro

44. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to family of LCpl Matthew R Barnes

45. Home of the Brave Quilt
Presented to the family of 1st Lt Christopher W Barnett

46. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to the family of LCpl Jon E Bowman

47. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to the family of Sgt Terrell W Gilmore

48. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to the family of SFC John M Hennen

49. Home of the Brave Quilt presented to the family of LCpl Justin D McLeese

50. Members of the Quilters’ Guild Acadienne
Completed 110
Home of the Brave Quilts Between