The World of Amish Quilts

by Pellman, Rachel Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781561482375
• ISBN10: 1561482374
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Good Books

Summary

Over 100,000 copies in print! A must for quilt collectors and anyone interested in full-size Amish quilts.

Author Biography

     
     Rachel Thomas Pellman designs quilt kits and lectures widely about quilts. She is the author or co-author of many well-known books about quilting. Among them are The World of Amish Quilts and its companion how-to book, Amish Quilt Patterns; A Treasury of Amish Quilts; Small Amish Quilt Pattens; A Tresury of Mennonite Quilts; and The Country Bride Quilt. Rachel and her husband, Kenny, are the parents of two adult sons and live near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Prologue	6	(18)
Center Diamond	12	(8)
Sunshine and Shadow	20	(4)
Color Among the Amish	24	(20)
Bars	26	(6)
Multiple Patch	32	(8)
Irish Chain	40	(4)
Quilts in the Life Cycle	44	(18)
Log Cabin	46	(5)
Double T	51	(1)
Stars	52	(5)
Jacob's Ladder	57	(1)
Plain	58	(4)
Excerpts from a Grandmother's Diary	62	(20)
Baskets	64	(4)
Crazy	68	(4)
Fan	72	(4)
Ocean Waves	76	(4)
Roman Stripe	80	(2)
A Quilting	82	(22)
Tumbling Blocks	84	(4)
Bow Tie	88	(3)
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul	91	(1)
Monkey Wrench	92	(3)
Carolina Lily	95	(1)
Shoo-fly	96	(2)
Bear Paw	98	(2)
Crown of Thorns	100	(2)
Pinwheel	102	(2)
Contentment within Limitations	104	(22)
Friendship	106	(3)
Rail Fence	109	(1)
Garden Maze	110	(2)
Railroad Crossing	112	(2)
Double Wedding Ring	114	(3)
Diagonal Triangles	117	(1)
Drunkard's Path	118	(2)
Other Quilts	120	(6)
Epilogue	126	(1)
Readings and Sources	127	(1)
Index	128	(1)
About the Authors	128