Quilting has been around for many years. The early pioneers would use old flour sacks for fabric to sew their quilts, because fabric was expensive. The flour sacks used to have floral designs on them, so they would make for a good quilt. Many of the quilt block patterns and names came from the pioneers and their quilts.
The term quilt comes from the Latin meaning a stuffed sack. The word has come to have two meanings: It is used as noun, meaning the 3-layer stitched bedcovering. It is also used as a verb, meaning the act of stitching through the 3 layers to hold them together.
Quilting is also used as a way to connect with the past. When quilting you spend time with your family members. You can quilt with your mother, grandmother, or a neighbor. By quilting with others not only do you get to make a beautiful quilt, you can learn of the people you are quilting with. You can learn homemaking skills and life lessons in one setting.
The history of America can be seen in the history of quilts: in the rich heritage left us by those thrifty, self-sufficient women who helped settle this land, in the families whose history is sewn into quilts one patch at a time, and in the legacy of the quilting arts passed on to children and grandchildren so they may carry them forward to the future.
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