QUILT PAPER ITEMS (EPHEMERA)

Why Collect Quilt Paper Items?

They:

  • are a timeline of the evolution of quilt patterns.
  • assist in the process of dating a quilt or quilt kit.
  • are one of many tools which help you tell your quilt’s story.
  • are valuable tools to help researchers track and share the history of quilt designers and companies.
  • are an affordable quilt collectible.
  • trace the evolution of trends in the quilt industry.

 

Cover of Alice Bayer, Quilting

 

Ephemera Index

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1933 World's Fair Chicago's Century of Progress Expositions and the Sears National Quilt Contest  Quilt History Stories

1939 CATALOG OF PATCHWORK QUILTS – APPLIQUE ART NEEDLEWORK.

Chicago, Illinois: Needlecraft Supply Company, 1939.

Beyer, Alice.  QUILTING. Chicago, Illinois: South Park Commissioners, 1934.

CHICAGO DAILY NEWS Pattern Service  Quilt History Stories

LaCroix, Sophie T. MARTHA WASHINGTON PATCH WORK QUILT BOOK: BOOKNO. 12. St. Louis: St. Louis Fancy Work Company, est. 1916.

Loretta Leitner Rising (Nancy Cabot) Quilt History Stories

Modern Woodman Pattern Service  Quilt History Stories

PATCHWORK QUILTS: HOW TO MAKE THEM - 100 DESIGNS. Chicago, Illinois: Needlecraft Supply Company, 1938 - Advertising Leaflet for Book.

PATCHWORK QUILTS: HOW TO MAKE THEM - 100 DESIGNS. Chicago, Illinois: Needlecraft Supply Company, 1938 -  Book.

"Quilt Exhibit" CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE 16 Feb. 1941.

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