Comments on: History of appliqué http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/ A Quilter's Ruminations • By Kay Mackenzie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hannah http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-14451 hannah Sun, 09 May 2010 10:13:05 +0000 http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-14451 Thanks for helping with my textiles homework :D Love Hannah (England) Thanks for helping with my textiles homework :D
Love Hannah
(England)

]]> By: Kay http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-3962 Kay Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:59:47 +0000 http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-3962 According to Barbara Brackman's <i>Encyclopedia of Appliqué</i>, "European and African traditions of decorative appliqué date back centuries," so I don't think we Americans invented it, but it seems the Europeans and Africans used it for way more things than bedcovers. Barbara also says, "The appliqué quilt, so typical in America, is unusual elsewhere," so Americans may have had a lot do to with popularizing appliqué on bedcovers. And, the red-and-green quilt with its "distinctive repeat of floral forms" in uniquely American. I hope some readers who are versed in quilt history will chime in here to add more. Pretty please? Cheers, Kay According to Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Appliqué, “European and African traditions of decorative appliqué date back centuries,” so I don’t think we Americans invented it, but it seems the Europeans and Africans used it for way more things than bedcovers.

Barbara also says, “The appliqué quilt, so typical in America, is unusual elsewhere,” so Americans may have had a lot do to with popularizing appliqué on bedcovers. And, the red-and-green quilt with its “distinctive repeat of floral forms” in uniquely American.

I hope some readers who are versed in quilt history will chime in here to add more. Pretty please?

Cheers,
Kay

]]> By: pamela http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-3961 pamela Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:52:12 +0000 http://www.allaboutapplique.net/2007/11/07/history-of-applique/#comment-3961 Just wondering when does appliqué date back to, who is first to be recorded to starting it, and was it America or some where else it was founded? Just wondering when does appliqué date back to, who is first to be recorded to starting it, and was it America or some where else it was founded?

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