As you may have heard we are encouraging our attendees at the March 17 and 18 quilt show to dress in 1812 period fashions.    As a prelude...

In early summer one of the quilters at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail pre-ordered the fat quarter sampler of Moda's "Lately Arrived f...

Get inspired with these great quilts from the first couple decades of the 1800's from the Winterthur Museum: Silk, Wool and Cotton Quil...

French for Persian embroidery "broderie perse" came to refer to the applique of motifs cut from printed chintz onto a solid fabric...

Determining the quilt size for the Great Lakes Seaway Trail War of 1812 Quilt Challenge was a long thought out decision for us to make.   Th...

Every era has its own individual sense of fashion style even when that style is clearly influenced by the past.  One of the most unique eras...

Quilts from the War of 1812 / Regency period are very rare finds indeed but we have located a few more quilts in various museum collections....