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Bed Sized Amish Quilts come with their own FREE white linen drawstring storage bag.
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from the AmishQuilter. | Welcome! We have many Amish Quilts for sale here (over 100) - all are handquilted. There is a wide variety of designs and styles in a full spectrum of color and sizes for you to choose from. All of our Amish Quilts are from the communities in Lancaster County PA or the surrounding countryside where the Amish and Old Order Mennonites live. These are the Plain People, most of whom still do not use electricity and drive only a horse and buggy or bicycle. We have hand picked our Amish Quilts for their uniqueness and their quilt quality. We do have displayed a number of Amish Quilts created in the old-fashioned Quilting Bee.
Enjoy all of our Amish Quilts here, take the time to see all that are here. Note all of our Amish Quilts are in stock and ready to ship out to you. | |
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Amish Quilts - Featured |
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Star Stars Patchwork Amish Quilt 99x112
This Star and More Stars Patchwork Quilt measures 99 x 112 inches to fit your Queen bed. Colorful, cheery and unique, with approximately 5 handquilted stitches per inch, this Star and More Stars Patchwork Quilt is from Lancaster County PA where Qu ...read more. |
Ribbon of Roses Applique Amish Quilt 102x115
This Ribbon of Roses Applique Quilt with Border measures 102 x 115 inches to fit your King or Queen bed. It was handquilted with approximately 6 handquilted stitches per inch on this Ribbon of Roses Amish Quilt. There is an abundance of handquilti ...read more. |
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Now we offer Custom Amish Quilting for your special quilt or wall hanging. Have you been looking around for a specific quilt and not been able to locate it, then let our Amish and Mennonite Ladies make that quilt for you. Do you have an unfinished quilt, that you would like to get finished? Our Amish and Mennonite Ladies are waiting for you to contact us - They do Memory Quilts too!
Amish Quilts - Appliqué
Make your bed into a huge artistic simple designed canvas with these Amish Quilts displaying a wonderful fabric still life, usually of flowers or other natural designs. The piece of our Amish Quilts are cut by hand, then they are appliquéd by hand with very small stitches. Then finally they are intricately handquilted to give you a traditional elegant Amish look. These quilts bring a sense of greatness into your home.
Amish Quilts - Star
These fine Amish Quilts display the love for the rural heavens which the Amish and Mennonite quilters have. The great Lone Star Quilt, also known as the Bethlehem Star Quilt, makes a stunning display of vibrant color. The intricate piecing of the many different fabric pieces along with precise handquilting creates a classic 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 Quilts - Log Cabin
The Log Cabin Quilt pattern is one of the most recognized Amish Quilt patterns, and bring to our mind pioneering America with her spirit, courage and sense of adventure. There are many variations of this classic pattern, such as Courthouse Steps Quilt, Broken Star Log Cabin Quilt and Log Cabin Fan 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.
Amish Quilts - Patchwork
These Amish Quilts are a wonderful family keepsake style, they use many colors and add real life to your home. They are especially great for your child's bedroom or for your guest room. These Amish Quilts are the real traditional patterns and designs that have been handed down for generations.
Amish Quilts -Whole Cloth
These quilts transform one very large piece of fabric into an Amish intricately designed quilt. They are stunningly elegant. Handquilted by the very best quilters with attention given to the fine stitching. The Amish refashion a plain piece of cloth into a masterpiece of design and elegance. These are very special traditional Amish quilts, whose ivory or white color will compliment any décor in your home.
Amish Quilts - Embroidered
See the fine detail of hand embroidery, usually cross-stitch, but also may be done using crewel work. See the art of traditional hand quilting in 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.
Amish Quilts - Sampler
These Amish Quilts are set apart from all others by their topical designs. Each was originally pieced by many women (to be made into one bedquilt for a wedding gift for a community member). These are a special way for an experienced patchwork quilt artist to display a larger variety of color blends and patterns. These samplers fill the room with a real feeling of history and purpose. These Amish Quilts show a art that you can never grow tired of seeing!
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Amish Quilts - Article Excerpts
- Plain Dress of the Amish
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The Amish and Plain People believe that their faith should be an intregral part of their actions, and encompass every area of life, including dress. Not wishing to compartmentalize their faith, the Amish do not separate their doctrine from daily living, and are convinced that a true follower of Jesus Christ will be recognized not only by their upright conduct and true speech but also by their appearance. Those of the Old Order faiths (like the Amish) choose to dress distinctively as a type of visual testament of their belief that God’s people should be peculiarily separate from the surrounding world. They hold values and beliefs that are so different from the general public, and have found that their plain dress ........ read more.
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