![]() Green for growth, fertility and success.Violet or purple for honoring sacred things and beliefs.Black for protection or binding of the elements.With respect to Amish tradition, we also want to provide a bit of information about color and pattern and the significance of both within Amish Arts. These quilts are brand new – just made by the worlds’ best quilt makers: the Amish. We do know that you’ll never see another quilt like our historic, Amish finished, quilts. Experts can tell us a great day but not the whole story. ![]() From the South, New England and the Midwest, some of our historic quilt tops were made 100 or more years ago and of fabrics that no longer exist. The result is a new quilt of which only one exists. They’ve added quilt batting, hand quilted the top to a new quilt back and bound each quilt by hand. Our Amish friends are taking quilt tops and turning them into finished quilts. These difficult to make and much-prized patterns are in the permanent collections of museums including the Carnegie Museum and the Smithsonian.Ĭompleted, fully hand quilted, Lone Star quilt. Only the most masterful quilters have the skill to perfectly align the sides of the diamonds to create the star patterns. A star pattern quilt is typically constructed of hundreds (and in some case, thousands) of sewn-together diamond shaped pieces of fabric. ![]() The pattern names are as varied as the stars: Lone Star, Texas Star, Star of Bethlehem, Broken Star and Radiant Starare just a few quilt patterns containing stars. Star patterns are popular among many cultures, so it’s no wonder we often see stars in Amish handmade quilts. Other variations include the Star Log Cabin and the Pineapple Log Cabin. A quilter can also make diagonal cuts into the “log” strips, sew them back together and create stars as seen in the Colorado Log Cabin quilt pattern. The simple strips around a center block can be varied in size to create the curves seen in a Log Cabin in the Round Pattern. The most interesting aspect of the Log Cabin quilt pattern is its capacity for manipulation into different patterns. ![]()
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