Ann Marie's Amish Style Selvage Quilt

This is Ann Marie's seventh selvage quilt, and what a beauty it is!! You can see more on her blog: Run and Sew Quilts. 

Patsy Thompson's Amish Quilt

Warm Amish Heart quilt by Patsy Thompson. Follow the link to see how she marks her quilt for quilting.

Love the colors. Nice job, Patsy!

What makes a quilt Amish?

Judith wrote asking what makes this an Amish style quilt. She wanted to know: Is it that the maker is Amish, or the design? Here is my response:

Since I'm not Amish, are my Amish style quilts really Amish? Many Amish quilters make quilts that are indistinguishable from popular mainstream quilts. Are those quilts Amish? I make delicious Italian lasagna, but I'm not Italian. 

This quilt was inspired by one in the book shown below: "Amish Crib Quilts from the Midwest, The Sara Miller Collection"  by Smucker, Crews, and Welters (Good Books, 2003).

We know an Amish style quilt when we see one. They have the classic designs and colors that we recognize as an Amish quilt.  

1.) "Amish quilts" were made in the early 1900's by Amish quilters. 

2.) "Amish style quilts" were made more recently by non-Amish. 

Any thoughts?

New Etsy Store: KarenGriskaQuilts

My new Etsy store is open! And this green and brown Midwest Amish style wall quilt is one of the 44 quilts listed for sale so far. It was inspired by (but not a copy of) a quilt in the book "Amish Crib Quilts from the Midwest, The Sara Miller Collection" by Smucker, Crews, and Welters, page 16. Improvisational Amish quilts are some of my all time favorites.

I know you're all quilters, so you're not in the market for quilts. If you see a quilt you like and you want to make one just like it, help yourself to the idea. Don't think about a "pattern," just do it by eye.

Many of you encouraged me to give Etsy a try and I'm so glad I did. The site is easy to use, and it's such a dynamic place! There's a lot to learn about circles, teams, treasuries, keywords, tags, favorites, etc., but I'm learning. If you see anything in my Etsy store that could be improved, please let me know. Thanks.