History of
Quilts
- African-American
Quilting - Another
wonderful website filled with links dealing with the history of
African-American quilts and their tie-in to the Underground
Railroad.
- Nova
Scotian Quilts - The
Nova Scotia Museum has a wonderful collection of quilts. With Nova
Scotia's rich heritage of quiltmaking, it is fitting that this
Museum should take a special interest in preserving examples of
this tradition, and in presenting them in a travelling exhibition
hosted until February 11, 1996 by the Canadian Museum of
Civilization and in a book named Old Nova Scotian Quilts, written
by Scott Robson and Sharon MacDonald. The exhibition contains two
levels of information on quilts: visual and documentary. The
quilts are arranged visually according to type of construction of
the quilt tops - pieced, log cabin, crazy (and other silk quilts),
wholecloth (including white), and appliqué. The pieced
quilt section is by far the largest, reflecting the dominance of
this type among old quilts in the province. The documentary
material explores the social history of quiltmaking in Nova
Scotia, based on details found in diaries, newspapers, and
inventories, as well as records of the Red Cross, and church and
women's groups. Some of this information is about specific quilts,
while other details add to our understanding of the lives of Nova
Scotians who made and used quilts.
- Kansas
Quilts, Past and
Present - Kansas State
University has established this website dealing with the history
of quilts and quilting in Kansas. A great historical
resource!
- The
Underground Railroad -
A website constructed by elementary age students entitled "Our
Virtual Underground Railroad Quilt". A nice example of what can be
done with quilts on the Internet.
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