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Sunshine and Shadow: The Amish and Their Quilts
Sunshine and Shadow The Amish and Their Quilts Author:Phyllis Haders For over two hundred years the Amish woman relied on her lively imagination and gifts from nature to brighten her somber home with comfortable textiles. There were no synthetic fabrics or quick-set commercial dyes with which to fashion clothing, and hence, from scraps, quilts. The miracle is that this peasant society survived so long free ... more »of self-conscious creative expression. Like the hymns of their beloved Ausband which have only recently been transcribed into measured stances, the quilts of the past will remain graceful, inspired, and evocative reminders of an important cultural legacy. And for those who cannot directly share the Amish experience, they stand as singular works of art.« less