This significant catalog is a highly detailed look at the world's most
celebrated collection
of Red and White quilts. ?Like the Log Cabin or Baltimore-style, the Red and
White quilt is a hugely popular genre of quilting. Colorfast Turkey red dye
became readily available in the mid-nineteenth century, so red and white quilts
became extremely popular, due not only to the newness of the color but also
because of the extremely vibrant and punchy contrasting color scheme. Featuring
over 650 quilts from the past three centuries, this book is filled with the
gorgeous and imaginative designs of feathered stars, diamonds, animals, oak
leaves, baskets, lettering, and snowflakes, as