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81 relations: Amish, Ancient Egypt, Appliqué, Broderie perse, Calico, Chinese patchwork, Chintz, Colonial history of the United States, Cook Islands, Crusades, Doublet (clothing), Embroidery, England, English language, Everglades, First Dynasty of Egypt, Foundation piecing, France, French language, Gambeson, Germany, Grain (textile), Harriet Powers, Hawaiian quilt, Hindu, India, Kantha, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Latin, Lawn cloth, List of quilters, London, Longarm quilting, Machine quilting, Mail (armour), Middle Ages, Middle East, Missionary, Mongolia, Motif (textile arts), Muslim, Nakshi kantha, Nancy Crow, Native Americans in the United States, Needlework, Padding, Pakistan, Patchwork, Patchwork quilt, Pharaoh, ..., Pin, Plate armour, Quilt, Quilt art, Quilting, Ralli quilt, Reef knot, Running stitch, Safety pin, Sashiko stitching, Seminole, Sewing machine, Sewing needle, Slave narrative, Smithsonian Institution, South Asia, Sweden, Tack (sewing), Tessellation, Textile, The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Thimble, Thread (yarn), Tivaevae, Trapunto quilting, Tristan, Tristan Quilt, Underground Railroad, Victoria and Albert Museum, Wool, Yarn. Expand index (31 more) »
Amish
The Amish (Pennsylvania German: Amisch, Amische) are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German Anabaptist origins.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River - geographically Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, in the place that is now occupied by the countries of Egypt and Sudan.
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Appliqué
Appliqué is ornamental needlework in which pieces of fabric in different shapes and patterns are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern.
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Broderie perse
Broderie perse (French for "Persian embroidery") is a style of appliqué embroidery which uses printed elements to create a scene on the background fabric.
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Calico
Calico (in British usage since 1505) is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton.
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Chinese patchwork
Chinese patchwork, also known a Hundred-Families robe baijiayi), is made by sewing scraps of fabric together to form design art.
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Chintz
Chintz (from the plural of chint) was originally glazed calico textiles, initially specifically those imported from India, printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light plain background.
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Colonial history of the United States
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of the Americas from the start of colonization in the early 16th century until their incorporation into the United States of America.
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Cook Islands
The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
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Doublet (clothing)
A doublet is a man's snug-fitting jacket that is shaped and fitted to the man's body which was worn in Spain and was spread to Western Europe from the late Middle Ages up to the mid-17th century.
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Embroidery
Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Everglades
The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone.
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First Dynasty of Egypt
The First Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty I) covers the first series of Egyptian kings to rule over a unified Egypt.
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Foundation piecing
In patchwork, foundation piecing was originally a method used to stabilize pieces of fabric that were stitched together.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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French language
French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gambeson
A gambeson (also aketon, padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Grain (textile)
For woven textiles, grain refers to the orientation of the weft and warp threads.
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Harriet Powers
Harriet Powers (October 29, 1837 – January 1, 1910) was an African-American slave, folk artist, and quilt maker from rural Georgia.
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Hawaiian quilt
A Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilting style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radially symmetric applique patterns.
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Hindu
Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Kantha
Kantha(also spelled Kanta, and Qanta) is a type of embroidery typical of eastern South Asia, especially in the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh.
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, (Pennsylvania German: Lengeschder Kaundi) sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lawn cloth
Lawn cloth or lawn is a plain weave textile, originally of linen but now chiefly cotton.
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List of quilters
This is a list of quilters - notable people who are known for their quilts or quilting.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Longarm quilting
Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.
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Machine quilting
Machine quilting is quilting made using a sewing machine to stitch in rows or patterns using select techniques to stitch through layers of fabric and batting in the manner of old-style hand-quilting.
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Mail (armour)
Mail or maille (also chain mail(le) or chainmail(le)) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Middle East
The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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Mongolia
Mongolia (Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia.
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Motif (textile arts)
In the textile arts, a motif (also called a block or square) is a smaller element in a much larger work.
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Muslim
A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.
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Nakshi kantha
Nakshi kantha, a type of embroidered quilt, is a centuries-old Bengali art tradition of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
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Nancy Crow
Nancy Morrison Crow (born 1943) is an American art quilter and fiber artist.
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.
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Needlework
Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts.
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Padding
Padding is thin cushioned material sometimes added to clothes.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.
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Patchwork
Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design.
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Patchwork quilt
A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design.
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh (ⲡⲣ̅ⲣⲟ Prro) is the common title of the monarchs of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BCE) until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Empire in 30 BCE, although the actual term "Pharaoh" was not used contemporaneously for a ruler until circa 1200 BCE.
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Pin
A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.
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Plate armour
Plate armor is a historical type of personal body armour made from iron or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer.
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Quilt
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together.
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Quilt art
Quilt art, sometimes known as art quilting, mixed media art quilts or fiber art quilts, is an art form that uses both modern and traditional quilting techniques to create art objects.
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Quilting
Quilting is the process of sewing two or more layers of fabric together to make a thicker padded material, usually to create a quilt or quilted garment.
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Ralli quilt
Ralli quilts are traditional quilts made by women in the areas of Sindh, Pakistan, western India, and in surrounding areas.
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Reef knot
The reef knot, or square knot, is an ancient and simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object.
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Running stitch
The running stitch or straight stitch is the basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery, on which all other forms of sewing are based.
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Safety pin
The safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp.
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Sashiko stitching
is a form of decorative reinforcement stitching (or functional embroidery) from Japan that started out of practical need during the Edo era (1615-1868).
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Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida.
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Sewing machine
A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread.
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Sewing needle
A sewing needle for hand-sewing is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole or eye at the other.
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Slave narrative
The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations.
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.
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South Asia
South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Tack (sewing)
In sewing, to tack or baste is to make quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed.
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Tessellation
A tessellation of a flat surface is the tiling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps.
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Textile
A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).
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The Quilts of Gee's Bend
The Quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River.
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Thimble
A thimble is a small hard pitted cup worn for protection on the finger that pushes the needle in sewing.
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Thread (yarn)
Thread is a type of yarn used for sewing.
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Tivaevae
Tivaevae or tivaivai (tīvaevae) in the Cook Islands, tifaifai in French Polynesia, is a form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women.
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Trapunto quilting
Trapunto, from the Italian for "to quilt," is a method of quilting that is also called "stuffed technique." A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto utilizes at least two layers, the underside of which is slit and padded, producing a raised surface on the quilt.
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Tristan
Tristan (Latin & Brythonic: Drustanus; Trystan), also known as Tristram, is a Cornish knight of the Round Table and the hero of the Arthurian Tristan and Iseult story.
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Tristan Quilt
The Tristan Quilt, sometimes called the Tristan and Isolde Quilt or the Guicciardini Quilt, is one of the earliest surviving quilts in the world.
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Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.
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Yarn
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilting
