Date & Identify Quilts
Books from how to identify and date patterns, quilts and fabrics to state's studies of their quilting past.
America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890: 8 Reproduction Quilt Projects: Historic Notes and Photographs; Dating Your QuiltsMiller's American Quilts: How to Compare & Value (Miller's Treasure Or Not)Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying and Dating Antique Quilts
America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890: 8 Repr...
by Barbara Brackman

A look at vintage and reproduction fabrics and the times they represent (includes 8 projects)
Miller's American Quilts: How to Compare &a...
by Stella Rubin

How to evaluate the condition, authenticity and value of an antique quilt.
Clues in the Calico: A Guide to Identifying...
by Barbara Brackman

A guide to dating antique quilts that includes fascinating history on fabrics and more.
Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960Dating Fabrics 2: A Color Guide 1950-2000Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960
by Eileen Trestain
$16.47
Hundreds of examples of fabric are displayed with information on typical fabrics and styles of quilts for each period.
Dating Fabrics 2: A Color Guide 1950-2000
by Eileen Jahnke Trestain
$18.94
This books brings us up to date on fabric including the double knits of the 60s and 70s to the batiks of the 90s.
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
$23.07
Line drawings of over 4,000 patterns with a great key for finding the name of antique quilt patterns.
Encyclopedia of AppliqueQuiltmaking in America: Beyond the Myths (Hobbies - needlework & quilting)Carrie Hall Blocks: Over 800 Historical Patterns from the College of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Encyclopedia of Applique
by Barbara Brackman

A resource for identifying 1,795 different applique patterns. This is not a patten book for making quilts but a quilt identifi...
Quiltmaking in America: Beyond the Myths (H...

A collection of articles from the American Quilt Study Group an organization committed to finding the truth about quilting his...
Carrie Hall Blocks: Over 800 Historical Pat...
by Bettina Havig
$26.56
Early in the 20th century Carrie Hall set out to collect every known patchwork pattern and make a sample block of each.