E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Sam W., and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 24682-h.htm or 24682-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/4/6/8/24682/24682-h/24682-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/4/6/8/24682/24682-h.zip) QUILTS Their Story and How to Make Them by MARIE D. WEBSTER [Illustration] Illustrated Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1916 [Illustration: INDIANA WREATH Made in 1858. Colours: red, green, yellow, and pink] Copyright, 1915, by Doubleday, Page & Company All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Introduction xv I. Patchwork in Antiquity 3 II. Patchwork and Quilting During the Middle Ages 16 III. Patchwork and Quilting in Old England 34 IV. The Quilt in America 60 V. How Quilts Are Made 89 VI. Quilt Names 115 VII. Quilt Collections and Exhibitions 133 VIII. The Quilt's Place in American Life 149 List of Quilt Names, Arranged Alphabetically 169 List of References 177 LIST OF COLOUR PLATES Indiana Wreath _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE *The Bedtime Quilt 24 The Iris Design 40 Morning Glories 56 Daisy Quilt 72 *Poppy Design 86 *The Sunflower Quilt 102 "Pink Rose" Design 120 *The "Wind-blown Tulip" Design 134 Golden Butterflies and Pansies 140 The "Snowflake" Quilt Design 146 *The Dogwood Quilt 150 The Wild Rose 156 *Morning Glory 160 *"Keepsake Quilt" 164 * Made by Marie Webster. LIST OF BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS