- Image from Selvage Quilts
Quilt historian Kimberly Wulfert gives us a history lesson in string quilts. It starts,
During the economic slump of the early twentieth century, string style quilt making thrived. Rural mid-century women, cut off from mainstream society and markets, founded their own string quilt style. The twenty-first century version is known as selvedge edge quilts.*
Go here to read the rest of her article.
Go here to learn how to make a string quilt by Janet Wickell, About.com.
Go here to see Karen Griska’s book, Quilts from the Selvage Edge.
Via Quilting Lessons Online.
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