Timeline: A History of Quilting | Timetoast

Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1699

Quilts are expensive and a luxury item

Quilts were elegant works made of fine materials. Most settlers used woven blankets.
Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1799

started importing fabric from Londen

rich colinests started buying frabricks imported from Londen
Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1835

setelers start to move west

quilts were one of the few things that setelers could take west, as the were exused as bed-ware
Period: Jan 1, 1840 to Dec 31, 1860

Before the Civil War

quilts started to be some of the only records.They are used for fundraising and friendship.
Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Dec 31, 1869

the war

Quilting bees are used for sharing lonelyness and are starting to symbolize with colors
Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1919

the war ended

quilts start to be made impracticly and have no use when it comes to warmth
Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1930

colors get warmer

quilting starts to get into brighter colors
Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1965

popularity loweres

quilting popularity loweres
Period: Jan 1, 1965 to Feb 20, 2015

popularity raises back up

quilting gets more popular and starts to mimic artists
Jun 17, 2011

my quilt is made

Mom finishes my dinosaur quilt