There are hundreds of Amish quilt designs, labeled with names as colorful as the latest car models: Country Love, Log Cabin Barn Raising, Double Wedding Ring, Roses and Drapes, Ocean Wave.

Starting in the 1970s, design professionals deemed the simple patterns and strong colors of antique Amish quilts thoroughly “modern,” and those quilts frequently were showcased in homes right ...

Pattern and Paradox comprises 50 quilts — drawn from a collection of 130 that art collectors Faith and Stephen Brown recently gifted to the museum — sewn in Amish settlements in Pennsylvania ...

More than 100 quilts are expected to be on display and for sale in a variety of styles, colors and patterns, from baby to king-sized, all quilted by hand as in the Amish custom.

For years, Amish quilts from Lancaster County decorated the San Francisco headquarters of Esprit. Company co-founder Doug Tompkins collected abstract quilts and hoped their design, color and ...

Although vintage quilts remain among the most recognized manifestations of Amish culture, they represent the historical, localized trends of only a finite period from a living and changing culture.

The twice-a-year Art, Craft and Amish Quilt Sale features more than 100 quilts that will be shown and are for sale in a variety of sizes and patterns.

More than 100 quilts are expected to be on display and for sale in a variety of styles, colors and patterns, from baby to king-sized, all quilted by hand as in the Amish custom.

Quilts come from across the country, and are chosen to represent a part of American history that includes Amish communities, African American culture, and traditional 19th-century patterns that ...

The quilts were handmade by Amish women from 12 states, including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky. An average quilt can take more than 700 hours of work, and some contain ...

The twice-a-year show and sale features Amish quilts along with other Amish handmade items for home or gifts, as well as crafts by Door County artists.