Amish Quilt Patterns

Briefly describes the history of Amish quilts, explains how to make and use patterns, and provides a selection of traditional quilting designs

Treasury of Amish patchwork artistry considers color combinations, borders, quilting methods, backings, binding. Instructions, full-size patterns for such colorful beauties as "Honeycomb," "Sunshine and Shadow," "Wild Goose Chase," many more — all derived from Amish quilts of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Amish Quilt Patterns, which has sold more than 100,000 copies, offers full-size patterns of thirty of the more than two hundred quilts photographed in The World of Amish Quilts. Now, both books are available in one beautiful, inspiring volume. Quilters will relish in the beautiful, full-color photographs and then find templates in the actual sizes needed to make a full-sized quilt. Detailed drawings and diagrams throughout the book ensure accuracy and clarity for quilt makers. Praise for Amish Quilt Patterns: “An excellent pattern book, offering over 30 full-size patterns, step-by-step instructions and color suggestions to recreate the traditional charm of the antique masterpieces. This book also offers a variety of quilting templates to give your quilt that authentic Amish look.” —Quilting Today “Contains easy-to-follow patterns, instructions and fabric suggestions for making strikingly bold and dramatic quilts like the antique Amish masterpieces.” —American Bookseller

Provides detailed patterns for miniature quilts featuring Amish-style designs

This reliable favorite is newly revised for greater usefulness! With 100,000 copies already in print, this new edition offers increased clarity of 30 popular and often-requested patterns. Here are the full-sized patterns themselves, as well as step-by-step instructions, color suggestions, and exact yardage measurements for creating the traditional charm of the Amish masterpieces. This manual also offers a selection of quilting templates in the actual sizes needed to make a full-size quilt. Detailed drawings and diagrams throughout the book lend accuracy to the whole satisfying process. Amish Quilt Patterns is a companion to the gallery book, The World of Amish Quilts, which pictures more than 200 quilts, all in the rich color of the original masterpieces. The patterns and quilting templates offered in Amish Quilt Patterns have been selected from the quilts shown in The World of Amish Quilts. Quiltmakers will find color and piecing inspiration in that volume by seeing what early Amish quiltmakers created with the same patterns.

By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kiracofe, author of The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 "Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies"

This volume features 21 Amish-inspired quilts by some of today's top quilt designers—with simple patterns showing off beautiful solid fabrics. Thirty years after Roberta Horton’s classic, An Amish Adventure, introduced quilters to the joys of Amish quilting, the editors at C&T Publishing are proud to bring you the adventure's next chapter. Along with the 21 featured quilt projects, this volume includes a gallery of 17 more beautiful quilts and an introduction by Roberta herself on what makes a quilt Amish. Some of the quilt projects in this volume use traditional 19th-century patterns. Others offer distinctly modern takes on Amish ideas. They all celebrate the simplicity, the bold geometry, and the rich dark fabrics that give Amish quilts their ageless appeal.

Designer Myra Harder presents time-honored Amish quilts along with a modern reinterpretation of each bold, graphic design. With varied color palettes and construction methods, she achieves dramatically different looks. Find two distinct patterns for every design: one traditionally Amish, one modern for a total of 16 extraordinary projects Explore the versatility of quilt designs such as Pineapple, Log Cabin, and Ohio Star Achieve effective results whether you prefer classic Amish solids or a brighter, lighter palette in prints