Amish Handmade Quilts For Sale

Most first time visitors are taken aback by the great variety of design and coloring as well as the intricacy of quilts on display.

Amish handmade quilts for sale.

Argyle quilt queen 825 00. Handmade and patchwork quilts and in our case handmade amish quilts have been and continue to be acquired by museums and collectors of textiles throughout the united states. The average amish quilt has between 400 800 hours of work poured into its creation and at least 50 000 separate stitches as well. People from all over the world come to lancaster pennsylvania to purchase quilts made by amish and mennonite women.

Then an amish quilt or handmade craft item is just for you. Each quilt is handmade in amish country ohio by local amish and mennonite ladies. This includes but is not limited to selecting fabrics sewing each individual piece together and lovingly quilting each stitch by hand. Since many amish and mennonite women work in the home they enjoy creating quilts and crafts at home to sell.

These are the plain people most of whom still do not use electricity and drive only a horse and buggy or a bicycle without pedals called an amish scooter. Each quilt is handmade by one woman. Amish women in pennsylvania dutch country have been creating exquisite handmade quilts since the mid 1800s and perhaps earlier. Argyle quilt queen 825 00 725 00.

Partially born out of frugality amish made quilts serve a practical purpose as a blanket. All of our quilts and crafts come from plain folks in and around lancaster county pa. At a time when practically every textile product sold in america is made in asia these amish quilts are made one at a time in people s american homes. Ocean wave quilt king 775 00.

Amish spirit s amish handmade and hand quilted patchwork pieced wedding ring applique log cabin star and wholecloth quilts for sale are made by the women of an old order amish community in rural pennsylvania. Patchwork quilts are widely exhibited and extensively written about. The unique quilts featured at helping hands are truly works of art and many hours are poured into the process. Not so obvious is the special way these quilts are produced.

Add one of these beautiful functional pieces to your home today. Quilt patterns and colors the building blocks of handmade and patchwork quilts for sale. What s more these quilts are made using just the technology that was in common use 150 years ago. Log cabin lone star quilt queen 699 00.

Most of our quilts and crafts are made in or around lancaster pa all are made in the usa and can be shipped. These stories are created in the homes of small scale crafters who create amish quilts and handmade crafts as a side job or hobby.