Pineapple Log Cabin Amish quilt in rich earth tones

This log cabin is quilted in the ditch, which is a lot of fabric to quilt through by hand. The curling tendrils quilted around the outer sash contrast nicely with the geometry of the logs, however, the logs themselves are the stars of this quilt by virtue of the beautiful prints out which they are made. (Item 2003)

Approximate dimensions: 101″ X 112″ – SOLD

Postage Stamp Amish patchwork quilt

We haven’t had a Postage Stamp Patchwork quilt in 8 years. Each square of fabric is the size of a postage stamp. It’s perfectly pieced and hand quilted throughout. You’ll never tire of looking at this classic quilt – every time do, you’ll see something different. (Item 1057)

Approximate dimensions: 98″ X 108″ SOLD

A Spinning Star Amish quilt that’s just filled with surprises!

Our Amish Spinning Star (or Star Spin) is heavily hand quilted. The maker created the central star medallion, as well as all of the other stars and sash work in this quilt, using a wide array of rich print fabrics. The background fabrics are shadow patterned to provide even more visual interest. The more you look at this quilt, the more you’ll see. (Item 1016)

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 110″ – $1,275.00

Gorgeous quilt of appliqued Country Roses

Applique quilts are difficult to make and time consuming to finish. This Country Roses quilt is filled with hand cut and appliqued roses, buds, leaves bows.  The maker chose shades of blue and green and hand appliqued all elements over a light background for contrast.  She also appliqued a garland of roses with a bow on the portion of the quilt that will cover your pillows.  A unique feature of this particular quilt is that the maker also appliqued a garland of flowers around the quilt’s edges. The entire quilt is heavily quilted with some very precise and complimentary hand embroidery and a binding of contrasting fabric.   

Approximate dimensions: 98″ X 110″ – $1,375.00 SOLD

Bargello Quilt – and ancient pattern adapted to make this beautiful quilt

The Bargello design, also called a “flame stitch,” was originally stitched into canvas and primarily used to make upholstery. In this case, a traditional Bargello pattern was adapted to create the Amish quilt you see here.  The maker used a mix of dramatic fabrics in shades of teal, gray, black and white to contrast within a complex pattern and create what appears to be three dimensional depth.  Her quilting within the main part of the quilt emphasizes the pattern this by mirroring the peaks and valleys of this Bargello pattern. (Item 1025)

Approximate dimensions: 104″ X 115″ – $1,350.00

Handmade Amish Table Runner in Star Dahlia Pattern

How about a little bit of kitchen art? Our table runners are made by the same makers of our large and baby quilts. Made entirely of dye fast cottons, fully handmade.

Approximate dimensions: 23″ X 51″ – $125.00

Arachne’s Quilt in black and ivory

This quilt pattern changes, depending upon how you look at it. It can be seen as flowers with four or eight petals, or, one is reminded of a large flock of blackbirds taking off or settling in a tree. There is constant movement and it’s a beautiful pattern, accomplished by some gorgeous piecing of nothing but triangles. This quilt is entirely black and a creamy unbleached cotton, and the sharp contrast between dark and light is what creates the fluid negative and positive interchange of spaces.

There is also a weave – almost like a woven basket – that becomes prominent when the quilt is viewed on a diagonal. This quilt pattern is called Arachne’s Quilt after the master weaver who, in Greco-Roman mythology, challenged Athena to a weaving contest. For this hubris, Arachne was changed into a spider: the greatest weaver of all.

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 110″– $1,030.00 Price Reduction: $875.00 SOLD

A handmade Amish baby quilt – covered with embroidered animals!

If you’re a lover of and appreciate embroidery, this is the quilt for you.  The maker created this piece so that every detail is intriguing, including her “shading” technique, whereby she uses different colors of embroidery thread to create depth.

Every baby quilt is different. The photos here represent a sampling of this particular pattern. Your quilt may differ slightly.

Approximate dimensions: 37″ X 51″ – $270.00

Boston Common Amish Quilt traditional Boston Common Amish quilt pattern – with a few twists!

Ours is an innovative twist on a traditional Boston Common Amish quilt pattern. The maker took the pattern and literally turned it on its side. So, rather than a rectangular pattern, the Boston Common quilt pattern is in a diamond shape. And, rather that piece a diamond of the same colors in the inner space of this quilt, she hand appliqued and embroidered a heart shaped wreath of flowers – complete with butterflies. And apparently this wasn’t enough! On our Boston Common Amish quilt the maker also embroidered and appliqued a garland of flowers at the head, foot and sides of this quilt to compliment the central wreath. Finally, there’s so much hand quilting in our Boston Common Amish quilt, we don’t know where to tell you to look first!

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 106″ – $1,275.00

Calico Double Wedding Handmade Amish Table Runner

How about a little bit of kitchen art? Our table runners are made by the same makers of our large and baby quilts. Made entirely of dye fast cottons, fully handmade.

Approximate dimensions: 19.5″ X 45″ – $140.00

Amish Folded Star Pot Holders

Our Amish made potholders are made utilizing various layers of fabric folded over and over. Each potholder is hand bound. The many layers of fabric make this potholder a great and functional decorative item. They look great in your kitchen and protect your hands, kitchen and dining surfaces from heat damage. Each potholder has a loop for hanging. Created using quilt grade cotton fabrics.

Approximate dimensions: 7.25″ X 7.25″ – $30.00 (for the pair)

An appliqued Amish Quilt – Country Garden Pattern

Applique quilts are difficult to make and time consuming to finish, so we seldom have them in the shop. This Country Garden quilt is filled with hand cut and appliqued flowers, buds, leaves, branches and bows. The maker chose shades of blue and hand appliqued all elements over a light background for contrast. She also appliqued garlands of flowers around the borders and on the portion of the quilt that will cover your pillows. The entire quilt is heavily quilted with some very precise and tiny stitches.

Approximate dimensions: 104″ X 11

A Lone Star Amish quilt of versatile colors

Our Lone Star Amish quilt is well pieced and hand quilted. The central star of this quilt is created by sewing together hundreds of small diamond-shaped pieces of fabric. Have a look at the diamonds the maker used to create the central star and you can easily see that every diamond is hand quilted on each of it’s four sides. That’s a lot of hand quilting!  It’s also easy to see that our Lone Star Amish quilt is covered with precise and tiny hand quilted stitches. A central star pattern is difficult to execute. This one is a beauty made up of a gorgeous mix of earth tone and jewel tone fabrics.

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 112″ – $1,275.00

Handmade hand loomed Amish rug

This hand loomed scatter rug is a tight weave, color fast and very rugged.

Approximate dimensions are 27″ X 48 – $105.00

Amish Folded Star Pot Holders

Our Amish made potholders are made utilizing various layers of fabric folded over and over. Each potholder is hand bound. The many layers of fabric make this potholder a great and functional decorative item. They look great in your kitchen and protect your hands, kitchen and dining surfaces from heat damage. Each potholder has a loop for hanging. Created using quilt grade cotton fabrics.

Approximate dimensions: 7.25″ X 7.25″ – $30.00 (for the pair)

Double Wedding Ring Baby Quilt

Here’s a Double Wedding Ring baby quilt one has been scaled down to baby size. This quilt was created using calico fabrics in shades of pink, yellow and green. Fabrics are dye fast and pieced over a white background. The edges are scalloped and hand bound. Hand quilted flowers are featured in the centers of the rings.

Approximate dimensions: 42″ X 53″ – $275.00

Please note that there is no hanging loop at the back of this quilt. Also note that the photos are representative of this quilt pattern, but please remember that all quilts are different.

Rare and unusual Pineapple Wholecloth Amish quilt

This unique Pineapple Wholecloth quilt was created using a seamless piece of unbleached muslin that is off-white in color.   We have had this quilter’s Feathered Pineapple quilts in the past, but this quilt is one of a kind. It contains more quilting, a wider array of patterns of varying difficulty and is overall a much more intricate design. We love the way that this quilt drapes – be sure to have a look at the photos of the sides and borders of this quilt. Quilting is precise and tight.  This quilt maker’s skills are off the chart. This could be the most beautiful wholecloth we’ve ever had.

Approximate dimensions: 113″ X 114″ – $1,800.00

Stars Over the Georgetown Path

The story of the Stars Over the Georgetown Path quilt pattern is quite interesting. Folklore suggests that this beautiful quilt pattern describes the journey of those seeking to escape slavery by traveling to and reaching the northern states and beyond into Canada.

In the middle of the quilt burns a traditional 8-pointed Amish star: a star of faith, conviction and courage. In order to avoid detection and recapture, escapees had to travel at night. They relied upon the stars to point the way north, as represented by the stars that ring the quilt. After the inner Amish star is the pattern Drunkard’s Path which represents the evasive maneuvers taken to avoid detection. Like the rivers and streams followed by escapees, the Drunkards Path is meandering and winding. This is a strong, beautiful Amish textile.

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 110″- $1,300.00

A beautiful and contemporary Winners Circle quilt in a traditional calico print

The quilt maker is clearly accomplished with regard to the difficult task of sewing together curved pieces of fabric.  An interesting point about this Winners Circle Amish quilt is that the maker didn’t create the curves from two sewn-together pieces of half curves.  All curves are one piece of fabric.  She hand quilted all of the pattern’s edges and in the open space between the circles, she hand quilted a feathered wreath.  The maker chose a green calico print fabric and pieced it over a light background fabric.  We think this is a perfect combination of colors, which also makes the the points, curves and circles of this pattern stand out.

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 105″ – $1,030.00 SOLD

Great colors in this Pair of Folded Star Amish made pot holders!

Our pair Amish made potholders are made utilizing various layers of fabric folded over and over. Each potholder is backed with unbleached muslin is hand bound. The many layers of fabric make this potholder a great and functional decorative item. They look great in your kitchen and protect your hands, kitchen and dining surfaces from heat damage. Each potholder has a loop for hanging. Created using quilt grade cotton fabrics, this potholder is a mix of paisley and calico prints in shades of black, green and gold.

Approximate dimensions: 7.25″ X 7.25″ (each) – $30.00 for the pair

Amish Made Folded Star Potholder

Our Amish made folded star pot holders are made utilizing various layers of fabric folded over and over. Each pot holder is backed with unbleached muslin is hand bound. The many layers of fabric make this pot holder a great and functional decorative item. They look great in your kitchen and protect your hands, kitchen and dining surfaces from heat damage. Each pot holder has a loop for hanging. Created using quilt grade cotton fabrics, this potholder is a mix of blues, ivory and greens.

Approximate dimensions: 7.25″ X 7.25″ – $19.00

Old Order Amish Quilters

The Old Order Amish are the largest group of Amish in America, and, in the world. No organization holds these people together.  Rather, they are linked by their faith and traditions.

The Old Order Amish are conservative, non-reform and non-progressive. We understand them by seeing them as entirely “off-grid.” They choose to be separate from the rest of us (off-grid) in order not to be distracted from their faith and from their way of life.

Our Old Order Amish friends love to laugh. They shop at WalMart, will ride a train or call a non-Amish friend for a ride in a car. They will not operate a film camera but if shown how to use an iPad, will do so with enjoyment. They don’t have telephones, but if you leave a message the neighbor next door, they will return your call.

Their children are attentive, sweet and shy. When our Amish friend took her grandchildren for ice cream she had a large banana split. When this friend’s son was ill, he was brought to Pittsburg’s best hospital for tests.

Ted and Karen Milton
Amish Spirit (division of RIA Group, Ltd.)
www.amishspirit.com
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Amish Baby Blanket in a Amish Star pattern

This versatile quilt pattern is also called an 8 Pointed Star and Starflower pattern. Our Amish baby blanket is filled with complicated hand quilting.  Quilted patterns include braids, ropes, twists and crosshatch.  The quilt is comprised of six panels.  Each panel contains an 8 pointed star.  Multicolored unisex colors include solid fabrics in blue, pink, yellow and green. Quilt is hand bound.  Background is bright white.  Each side of this quilt is hand bound in a different color. A great keepsake gift! 

Every baby quilt is different. The photos here represent a sampling of this particular pattern. Your quilt may differ slightly.

Approximate dimensions: 40″ X 50″ – $270.00

A Lone Star Amish Baby Quilt in unisex colors and heavily hand quilted.

Traditional Lone Star Amish baby quilt is comprised of a great mix of solids and patterned cotton fabrics. Colors include greens, yellows, blues and pinks. The artist truly outdid herself on this one, in particular with regard to her hand quilting. She put in a wide array of hand quilted patterns including feathers, braids and star flowers

Approximate dimensions: 38″ X 46″  – $270.00

A  beautiful Amish 9 Patch quilt with appliqued hearts

This is a gorgeous 9 Patch Amish quilt, with a little extra! The maker used a wide array of earth tone colors and fabrics. A “typical” 9 Patch Amish quilt has open space between the colorful Patch squares. In the case of this quilt, the quilter took the extra step of placing appliqued hearts in each open square – all in colors and fabrics that coordinate with the 9 Patch squares. There is so much hand quilting in this quilt. In addition to hand quilting around every appliqued heart, you’ll see that every side of each of the 9 squares of fabric that make up 9 Patch squares is hand quilted.

Approximate dimensions: 99″ X 110″ – $1,250.00

An Amish 9 Patch Calico Quilt – heavily hand quilted and perfectly pieced

Our Amish 9 Patch Calico quilt is perfectly pieced. The maker hand quilted all four sides of each square of calico fabric. Every 9 Patch square is set off by adjacent squares, in which the maker hand quilted flower medallions.  The hand quilted squares nicely compliment the colorful 9 Patch squares.  The wide border of the quilt is heavily hand quilted on all sides.

Approximate dimensions: 96″ X 110″ – $1,100.00

An Amish Made Moonglow Quilt in Glowing Jewel Tones

The Moonglow is an outrageously difficult quilt to make and as such, we had one artist who was adept at and loved making this Jinny Beyer design.  When she retired from making this very popular quilt a few years ago we never thought we’d find someone else who was able to make such a complex quilt. The new maker is definitely up to the task.  Her quilt is a masterpiece made with a blend of Jinny Beyer and other quilt grade cottons.  Her color selection is a mix of muted blues, purples and greens over a black shadow pattern fabric. Her border stands out just as much as the star medallions.  In between her sash work, she pieced together a modified fence rail pattern using the fabrics that make up the stars. Stars are pieced, not appliqued.  And for lovers of quilts, here’s an interesting tidbit: the maker did NOT paper piece this quilt! 

Please also note that this is the last Moonglow quilt we will have in stock for the next 12 months.

Approximate dimensions: 112″ X 112″ – $1,650

An interesting Log Cabin Barn Raising quilt in rich calico prints

Our Barn Raising Log Cabin, whether seen on a sunny day, gray day or at night lit by the glow of a bedside lamp, is very warm, cozy, inviting and comforting. The maker created this quilt using a wide variety of calico prints in jewel tone shade.  These fabrics create interesting patterns throughout the quilt: some you see outright and some appear depending upon where you are and how you look at the quilt (directly or indirectly). This quilt is expertly pieced.  Hand quilting on the “logs” is in the ditch. The background fabric of this quilt is a light tan and heavily hand quilted with a feathered garland pattern.

Approximate dimensions: 100″ X 116″ – $1,175.00  SOLD

Hearts of Roses Amish Appliqued Quilt

Our Hearts of Roses applique Amish quilt is heavily hand quilted. The maker appliqued a large Heart of Roses over the central portion of the quilt. She also appliqued the same roses, buds and leaves across the pillow cover portion of the quilt, behind which is a hand quilted heart pattern. Finally, she mirrored the central applique with smaller bouquets at each corner. The appliqued roses depict the flower in various stages of bloom. All flowers and leaves are free hand cut and artfully tied together with embroidered stems. The maker’s fabrics visually blend well against the light, heavily hand quilted background.

Approximate dimensions: 102″ X 112″ – $1,250.00 SOLD

A Dramatic and Different Lone Star Amish Quilt

Here is a special version of a traditional Lone Star Amish quilt – a pattern Amish Spirit Quilts is known for. It’s made, this time, only of black and various shades of gray print fabrics, pieced over an ivory background.  It’s a very strong quilt. The fabrics are great. The piecing, while extremely difficult, is perfect and carries some of the very best hand quilting you’ll find anywhere. Most of all, there is a lot of extra thought and work that went into the design and construction of this Lone Star quilt.

The borders of the quilt are pieced with diamonds. They repeat the shapes and colors in the large central star.  The top and the bottom are the same but variant on the sides to add visual movement. The sash work of the quilt is also special. Rather than a solid stripe of color or various strips of patterned fabric, the maker sewed together dozens and dozens of diamonds to make the strip of fabric she used for the sash work.

A beautiful quilt for a king or a queen size bed – and completely one of a kind!

Approximate dimensions: 103″ X 113″ – $1,550.00

A Traditional Double Wedding Ring Amish Quilt in rich jewel tone calico fabrics

Our new jewel tone calico Double Wedding Ring is beautiful. The Double Wedding Ring inspires thoughts of romance, marriage and family: of lives lived together. In this pattern, the quilter combined gorgeous jewel tones to give this traditional pattern extra life and joy.  She also hand quilted flowers in the centers of each ring.  The linked ring pattern goes all the way to the quilt’s edges.  All four sides of this quilt are scalloped and hand bound. A little tidbit for lovers of the Double Wedding Ring quilt pattern – this quilt was not paper pieced! (Item: 2146)

Approximate dimensions: 98″ X 110″ – $1,275.00

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Amish Star Spin quilt – also (aptly) called a Spinning Star

An unusual color palette for this Amish Spin Star Quilt.  We typically see Star Spin patterns in black and jewel tones.  The artist took a different path this time.  Her stately Star Spin is of green and bronze. The other real thriller of this quilt is the hand quilting.  The corner and smaller stars are bound by hand quilted frames.  The artist mirrors this geometric pattern in the cross hatch quilting around the central star.  Look closely and you’ll also see feather patterns.

Approximate dimensions: 101″ X 112″ – $1,275.00

A gorgeous Amish applique Amish quilt!

Our Country Flowers applique quilt has a lovely surprise. Look closely and you’ll see the hummingbird hoovering above the central flowers. The humming bird, flowers, stems, leaves, bows and trim are all freehand cut and hand appliqued. At each corner of the central panel the maker repeated this motif with additional appliqued bouquets. And lastly, another bouquet with a garland on the pillow cover portion of the quilt. She skillfully placed hand quilting throughout the quilt. (Item 2097)

Approximate dimensions: 102″ X 112″ – SOLD

If you’re a lover of and appreciate embroidery, this is the quilt for you. The artist created this piece so that every detail is intriguing, including her “shading” technique, whereby she uses different colors of embroidery thread to create depth. Animals include a bunny, kitten, puppy, elephant, duck and fawn. Approximate dimensions: 38″ X 47″ – $250.00 SOLD

An Amish Lone Star Quilt – in black and whit

Here is a special version of a traditional Lone Star quilt – a pattern Amish Spirit Quilts is known for. It’s made, this time, only of black and various shades of gray print fabrics, pieced over an ivory background.  It’s a very strong quilt. The fabrics are great. The piecing, while extremely difficult, is perfect and carries some of the very best hand quilting you’ll find anywhere. Most of all, there is a lot of extra thought and work that went into the design and construction of this Lone Star quilt.

The borders of the quilt are pieced with diamonds. They repeat the shapes and colors in the large central star.  The top and the bottom are the same but variant on the sides to add visual movement. The sash work of the quilt is also special. Rather than a solid stripe of color or various strips of patterned fabric, the maker sewed together dozens and dozens of diamonds to make the strip of fabric she used for the sash work.

A beautiful quilt for a king or a queen size bed – and completely one of a kind!

Approximate dimensions: 103″ X 118″

Center Diamond Red – a very traditional Amish quilt

A Center Diamond Red is one of the most traditional Amish quilt patterns. It never ceases to amaze how modern these quilts really are.  We have here “an extraordinary juxtaposition of glowing colors and a powerful simplicity of design that parallels abstract art at it’s best”*

Color field, minimalist, abstract painting. Think Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, Barnett Newman amongst others.  And, at least 75 years before this movement, there were Red Center Diamond Amish quilts.  If you don’t have millions of dollars, buy an Amish quilt!

Approximate dimensions 98″ X 112″ – $1,200.00  SOLD – Special Order Only

If you like quilts with a lot of hand quilting, have a look at our Wholecloth Amish Quilts. Our Heirloom quilt has a similar center star hand quilted pattern.  This time, it’s a white on white quilt.

* Quote by Phyllis Haders in the article “Quilts: The Art of the Amish” from “America’s Glorious Quilts,” edited by D. Duke and D. Harding.

A Traditional Amish Patchwork Quilt in beautiful fall shades

Our Amish Patchwork quilt is both soothing and luscious. The quilter created it using colors that are similar to those used by the French Impressionist, Monet in his “Water Lilies” paintings. By themselves the 16 squares of fabric that make each patchwork square would not give the quilt the visual strength that it has. However, with the maker’s addition of the triangles on all four sides of the patchwork squares, the overall design is balanced and integrated. The patchwork squares touch and the open areas of the quilt coexist with the patchwork squares in negative and positive space. The maker ties it all together with a quilted navy blue sash.

Approximate dimensions: 98″ X 110″ – $900.00

An Amish Broken Star quilt in dramatic colors

Here is a beautiful Amish Broken star quilt. The artist used an array of jewel toned burgundies and blues over a white background. As with any star pattern quilt, the piecing must be perfect to line up the many small diamond shaped pieces of fabric necessary to create a star within a star such as this. Every side of every diamond both the central and the outer star is hand quilted.  Flowing feather hand quilted patterns surround the star.  And just for good measure, there’s a hand quilted heart at each corner of this quilt.

Approximate dimensions: 97″ X 112″ – SOLD – Special Order Only

Broken Click here to see our Broken Star Amish quilt in a lighter blue color palette.

Amish Log Cabin Quilt  –  Barn Raising pattern

This beautiful Log Cabin quilt is made of a selection of blue patterned fabrics.  Many of these fabrics are accented with silver thread.  The strips of fabric used to make the logs are very small and narrow. Every side of every log is quilted in the ditch. There is generous and precise hand quilting along the sides of this quilt.  The bottom photo shows the two different twisted rope quilted patterns on each side.  The history of the Log Cabin quilt pattern is interesting.  You can read more about it in an article on American quilting history entitled “Underground Railroad Quilts & Abolitionist Fairs.“

An incredibly versatile pattern, be sure to also read up on its history on our Handmade Quilts page.

Approximate dimensions: 104″ X 116″ –  $1,300.00

Sunshine and Shadows Baby Quilt – This quilt pattern is also called Trip Around the World and is one of the most popular traditional Amish Quilt Patterns. Our Sunshine and Shadows Baby Quilt is made up of varying shades of what many call traditional “Amish blue” fabric.  We love this quilt for so many reasons.  The hand quilted patterns around the borders are unique – we have not seen this pattern before or since.  The back is of this baby quilt is the darkest blue shade you see on the front of the quilt.  The hand quilting is precise and made up of tiny stitches.  The hand bound edge is of a contrasting lighter blue.  You can truly use and show off either side of this infant quilt. Please note that there is no loop for hanging on the back of this quilt.  Approximate dimensions: 44.5″ X 56.5″ – SOLD

We also have a Trip Around the World baby quilt in a mix of unisex colors (solids and calico).

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