Talk:History of quilting

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Inaccuracies
This article has so many inaccuracies that I can't even begin. First, quilting did NOT originate in America, nor was it even common in America until the early 19th century. Second, wholecloth quilts were *very* common trade goods in wealthy circles in Europe and Asia going back as far as the 15th centuries. Third, patchwork did NOT become the dominant form of quilting until the mid-19th century, and still is not the traditional form in Provence, Wales, and parts of India.

Anyone interested in the *real* history of quilting should check out www.quilthistory.com, www.quiltersmuse.com, the Quilt History list, the American Quilt Study Group, or the Medieval Quilting Yahoo group. This article is so stereotyped and so poorly researched as to be useless.

Lisa Evans Medieval Quilt Historian.

corrections
I've tried to correct the problems and have added a little more to this article. I hope others will jump in and help with this topic. Quiltpatch 03:59, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

UPDATE -- please add

The oldest dated quilt known to exist in North America is now The Buckingham Quilt, circa 1660. More information and sources can be found at http://buckinghamquilt.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trekops (talk • contribs) 16:15, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Structural Problems
I'm just passing through but having external links throughout the article seems inconsistent with other Wikipedia articles. I'm just going to remove some gibberish, but this article really needs some love. Too bad Lisa Evans just came here to complain and not contribute. I can't claim to be a "Quilt Historian". -Gripdamage 05:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's by no means unusual, I'm afraid. Pity she chose not to contribute, as she's a genuine quilting authority and a skilled writer, but I wouldn't have held out high hopes for her in these discussions.  As you can see -- and as I'm afraid I know from long experience -- civility is not her strong suit.    Ravenswing  16:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The language is very colloquial at times, and there are redundancies; the definition of "Whole Cloth Quilt" is mentioned three times in a row. Many sentences are not backed up to be substantiated, such as "Many young women were eager to make these quilts" in the "Crazy Quilt" section. Overall, the writing needs to be "tightened up." —Preceding unsigned comment added by IncaChouChou (talk • contribs) 06:10, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Changes Made to Introduction
I included the information that Lisa Evans gave above in first paragraph of History of Quilting.


 * I've fact-tagged those items; not that I don't believe them, but we need sources. This articles needs so much work.  I really think we need a History of quilting in the United States separate from (and linked to) History of quilting. - PKM 02:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

quilt illustrations
I'm putting in a few illustrations of quilts. I've made them myself with quilt design software. It would be much better to have pictures of real antique or reproduction quilts so if anyone has such pictures don't hesitate to replace the ones I've put in the article.

Quiltpatch 09:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Globalise
I've added the globalise tag because as it stands this article ought to be renamed the History of American Quilting. There are long traditions of quilting in many other countries, mainly European, which pre-date North American developments by many centuries, but none of these get a mention here. 86.137.139.82 (talk) 12:42, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Quiltpatch (talk) 04:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)QuiltpatchQuiltpatch (talk) 04:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be great if people would add information about the history of quilts in other countries. If we change this topic to just American that wouldn't happen.

We need to have more people to participate in this topic. I added some information several months ago and it doesn't look like any new information has been added since. (please sign with 4 of these: ~ for identity and date)

re Global status
Oops just read above -- stongly agree, disgregard my first suggestion Two suggestions: that this article could stand alone or other countries added. So, a) could be re-named to History of quilting in America and be a self-contained article. Another article would then be History of quilting in England. But since I think it's better to expand the article with countries, then I've formatted it so that History in America is one full segment with sections and another can be"Quilting in England" where it's earlier still, and additions such as Europe, Hawaii, Australia, Africa, Pakistan and so on. Then the repetition in the American section can be trimmed and the article be opened up to a world history. Manytexts (talk) 04:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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