Five Popular Quilt Myths That Aren’t True

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You May be as Surprised as We Were!

Have you heard the stories about quilts guiding escaping slaves on the underground railroad? Or how scrap quilts came about because of early quilters having to make do?

You may be as surprised as we were to discover that those stories simply aren’t true, or at least not in the ways we’ve often thought of them.

In the following video, Mary Fons from Quilty walks us through five popular quilt myths and explains why they’re incorrect. She’s very knowledgeable and provides an interesting presentation.

Click here to watch the video at YouTube if it doesn’t play on your device.

Keep in mind the timeframes that Mary is discussing. For example, make-do scrap quilts from the depression era came after the industrial revolution which made fabric abundant in general (but not necessarily for those struggling to make ends meet).

While we’d rather believe some of the stories than not, it’s nice to have more accurate information. What do you think?

 

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