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A History of Quilting

By Amy R
  • Period: to

    Quilts are expensive and a luxury item

    Quilts were elegant works made of fine materials. Most settlers used woven blankets.
  • Period: to

    started importing fabric from Londen

    rich colinests started buying frabricks imported from Londen
  • Period: to

    setelers start to move west

    quilts were one of the few things that setelers could take west, as the were exused as bed-ware
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    Before the Civil War

    quilts started to be some of the only records.They are used for fundraising and friendship.
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    the war

    Quilting bees are used for sharing lonelyness and are starting to symbolize with colors
  • Period: to

    the war ended

    quilts start to be made impracticly and have no use when it comes to warmth
  • Period: to

    colors get warmer

    quilting starts to get into brighter colors
  • Period: to

    popularity loweres

    quilting popularity loweres
  • Period: to

    popularity raises back up

    quilting gets more popular and starts to mimic artists
  • my quilt is made

    my quilt is made
    Mom finishes my dinosaur quilt