People & Stories
“A Brief History of the ‘Feedsack'” by the late Jane Clark Stapel. The founder of the Feedsack Club provides some historical background on this American phenomenon. Feedsacks fed a nation and clothed it, too. Learn how feedbags went from practical necessity to beloved quilting fabric in American history.
The Influence of 19th Century Women’s Lives on Textiles
“The Civil War Quilt,” Diane and Jim Lockwood embark on an adventure when they purchase an old Georgia quilt. A thrift shop crazy quilt made from Civil War uniforms leads one couple on a journey through history, battlefields, and a Georgia family’s secrets.
I’m working retrieving information from the old site. These are the articles I hope to get online soon:
Quilts and women’s lives
Quilting communities and social groups
Quilts as storytelling objects
Quilts and migration (westward expansion, etc.)
Quilts in African American history (e.g., Gee’s Bend)
Quilts in wartime and political movements