but early whole-cloth quilts command a higher price in today’s market. Crazy quilts have yet to reach their full investment potential. The silk and velvet ones in mint condition are the most ...

The Japanese pavilion in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, with its asymmetrical art and interesting crazed ceramics, was extremely popular and the making of crazy quilts, with ...

Guest speaker Sherry Werum will talk about quilting in 1776 through 1863. There will be wholecloth, embroidered, broderie perse, Baltimore, pieced and crazy quilts. Members can attend for free ...

If you love traditional American quilts for their simplicity, usefulness and thrift, you are going to hate the National Museum of American History exhibit “Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts From the ...

Vineland resident Nancy Steelman present “the history of crazy quilts and more" 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society museum, 108 S. Seventh St. Vineland.

Family heirlooms are the theme for this month’s column, including a fine example of an American “crazy quilt,” a porcelain night light, an Early American pattern glass carafe, an ...

Artist unidentified; initialed J.F.R., Cleveland-Hendricks Crazy Quilt, 1885-1890. Lithographed silk ribbons, silk, and wool with cotton fringe and silk and metallic embroidery. American Folk Art ...

Crazy quilt This quilt was started by my ancestor from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1892, who passed away in 1900. My great-grandmother finished it by putting the backing on in about 1930. It is in ...