Make your bed into a huge artistic designed canvas with these Amish Quilts often displaying a wonderful fabric still life, usually of flowers or other natural designs. The pieces of our Amish Quilts are cut by hand, then they are appliquéd by hand with very small stitches. Then finally the individual pieces are intricately handquilted to create a traditional elegant Amish Quilt. These quilts bring a sense of greatness into your home. Amish Quilting is slowly becoming a lost art, so now is the time to purchase your Amish Quilt.
These fine Amish Quilts display the love for the rural heavens which the Amish and Mennonite Quilters have. The great Lone Star Amish Quilt, also known as the Bethlehem Star Amish Quilt, makes a stunning display of vibrant color. The intricate piecing of the many different fabric pieces along with precise handquilting creates a classic Amish Quilted masterpiece. The Mariners Star Quilt is also known as the Compass Star, and speaks of the love of freedom that is inherent in the Plain Peoples rural life, with the pieced work celebrating the road to the north. We also have Amish Quilts in the patterns Stars in Common, Broken Star and Starspin which reflect the expanse of heavens that make up the Amish country sky. Amish girls start learning to quilt at a young age, but every year fewer Amish Girls participate as the modern world encroaches into their lives.
The Log Cabin Quilt pattern is one of the most recognized Amish Quilt patterns. It bring to our mind the pioneering America of 200 years ago, with her spirit, courage and sense of adventure. There are many variations of this classic pattern, such as Courthouse Steps Amish Quilt, Broken Star Log Cabin Amish Quilt and Log Cabin Fan Amish Quilt. We have Amish Quilts in the pattens of Mariners Compass Log Cabin and Log Cabin Star Quilts which capture the importance of the guiding star during the long journey through the rugged countryside, and also the longing of the pioneer woman to set down roots and build her log home. These Log Cabin Amish Quilts celebrate the best of American life, and will bring to your home a vibrancy of color in a classic quilting design. The good old days are gone and the Amish way of life is slowly disappearing due to the costs and rules the modern world puts on them, so get a piece of history in your Amish Quilt while they exist.
These Amish Quilts are a wonderful family keepsake style, as they use many colors and add real life to your home. Each one of the handmade Amish Patchwork Quilts are one of a kind and will never be reproduced, so rest assured that you truly have a one of a kind real Amish Made Quilt. These quilts are especially great for your your guest bedroom or even a special family room. These Amish Quilts are the real traditional Amish patterns and Amish designs that have been handed down for generations. Think of all of those nicked by needles and poked fingers while all of those Amish Quilts were being made, no machine quilting there, just plain hard work with trails of beautiful hand quilted stitching.
When it comes to embroidery, the Amish do a fantastic job. See the fine detail of their hand embroidery in these quilts, usually a cross-stitch style, but also it may be done using crewel work. You will see the art of traditional hand quilting in each of these Amish Quilts. Many many hours are spent creating these quilted treasures. Those hours spent result in a wonderful victorian style that will remind everyone of the old home style. These Amish quilts will add the luster of the old and new blended together – and they make one feel as if they were being taken back into history, a time when fine handwork was common and a sign of a good education for a Amish girl. Every home should have a collection of these embroidered quilted fancies. When we are able to get them in stock, you will fine that they make great wall decorations too.
