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“Workt By Hand”: Hidden Labor And Historical Quilts

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The Common Thread: Quilt Grids
Posted: January 24, 2014
Category: “Workt By Hand”: Hidden Labor And Historical Quilts
In Quilts as Women’s Art: A Quilt Poetics, quilter and activist Radka Donnell discusses an organizational feature of the quilt—its “grid”—which she defines as the element that is “not locking...
Vintage quilt in dark reds and greens on a cream background. In the center is a large eight-point Star of Bethlehem surrounded by Victorian floral appliques. The border, edged in dark red fabric, features matching floral garland appliques.