--- title: "Home" date: 2021-12-13 author: "QuiltAdmin" featured_image: "https://quilthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/callscrossingcover.jpg" --- # Home ♦ Celebrating 250 Years of American Quilts ♦ # Quilt History Explore our Quilting Heritage ![chintz-quilt A large bed with a colorful patchwork quilt—reflecting Quilt History - Our Quilting Heritage—features diamond and floral patterns in blue, red, and tan. The cozy room has wooden furniture, a chair, and sunlight streaming through the window.](https://quilthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chintz-quilt-768x576.jpg) Every quilt tells a piece of history. This site is here for curious people who love old quilts, even if they do not know a turkey red from a feedsack. Whether you inherited a family quilt, found one at a flea market, or are just wondering why that old quilt matters, this site will help you look at it with fresh eyes and treat it like the treasure it may be. ## Start Your Quilt Research Here [### Identify or Date a Quilt](https://quilthistory.com/dating-antique-or-vintage-quilts/) [### Research a Quilt’s Story](https://quilthistory.com/quilt-history-articles/) [### Repair, Restore or Conserve a quilt](https://quilthistory.com/quilt-restoration/) [### Cleaning and Preservation](https://quilthistory.com/cleaning-antique-quilts/) [### Explore Quilt Myths and Stories](https://quilthistory.com/myths-misconceptions/) [### Find an Appraiser](https://quilthistory.com/quilt-appraisers/) ## Why Trust This Site? QuiltHistory.com gathers quilt history articles, preservation guidance, research resources, and links to museums, appraisers, study groups, and books. Our goal isn’t scholarly credentialing, it’s making sure nobody mistakes a hundred-year-old treasure for a garage rag. --- ## FEATURED QUILT HISTORY GUIDES [![A handmade quilt with a repeating geometric pinwheel pattern in shades of pink, green, tan, cream, and touches of blue—this colorful, intricate design beautifully celebrates quilt history and our quilting heritage.](https://quilthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/callscrossingcover-250x250.jpg)](https://quilthistory.com/) ## [Home](https://quilthistory.com/) ♦ Celebrating 250 Years of American Quilts ♦ Quilt HistoryExplore our Quilting Heritage Every quilt tells a piece of history…[Read More Home](https://quilthistory.com/) [![A hand rests on a quilt featuring a repeating pattern of eight-pointed star blocks within octagonal frames, using muted tones of cream, pink, green, and brown floral fabrics.](https://quilthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/early-quilt-needs-restore-250x250.jpg)](https://quilthistory.com/early-american-quilts/) ## [Early American Quilts](https://quilthistory.com/early-american-quilts/) The roots of quilting in America stretch back to European traditions of patchwork, applique, and quilted garments, though these techniques…[Read More Early American Quilts](https://quilthistory.com/early-american-quilts/) [![A vintage magazine page titled “Quilts New and Old” shows a woman holding a quilt with red and white flowers, surrounded by illustrations of five geometric quilt patterns in red, black, and gray.](https://quilthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/quilts-old-and-new-article-250x250.jpg)](https://quilthistory.com/people-stories/myths-misconceptions/t-is-for-temperance/) ## [The T Block and Temperance Quilts: Separating Fact from Folklore](https://quilthistory.com/people-stories/myths-misconceptions/t-is-for-temperance/) Was every old T quilt a temperance quilt? No, but the question opens the door to one of the most…[Read More The T Block and Temperance Quilts: Separating Fact from Folklore](https://quilthistory.com/people-stories/myths-misconceptions/t-is-for-temperance/) --- Browse by era ## Explore Quilt History by Era Use these era guides to place a quilt in historical context, from early whole-cloth quilts to feedsacks, crazy quilts, kit quilts, and modern revivals. [ Pre-1850 Early American Quilts Whole-cloth, broderie perse, and the first pieced traditions ](/early-american-quilts/) [ 1861–1865 Civil War Era Mourning quilts, fundraising quilts, and Turkey red fabrics ](/civil-war-quilts/) [ 1870–1900 Victorian Era Crazy quilts, silk velvets, and elaborate embroidery ](/victorian-quilts/) [ 1930s Depression era Feedsacks, pastel prints, and the great quilt revival ](/depression-quilts/) [ 1940s–50s Postwar revival Kit quilts, novelty prints, and bold graphic patterns ](/postwar-quilts/) [ 1970s+ Today’s Quilts The quilt revival, art quilts, and a new generation of makers ](/todays-quilts/) Resources ## What you’ll find here 59 In-depth research articles [Browse articles](/quilt-history-articles/) 250+ Years of American quilting history [About this site](/about/) ∞ Stories still to be told [Contribute your story](/about/)