Curated Quilts article on history of black and white fabric
Have you read the latest issue of Curated Quilts? This magazine is full of beautiful quilts submitted by readers. Each edition has a theme and there are always a few interesting patterns and articles about making quilts and studying quilts. And in each issue, I write a feature on historical quilts.
Antique white quilts are not the white color we expect today, rather they are a natural, off-white color. And the best bet for keeping that color fresh was washing and a day or more in the hot sun which offered an easy and natural bleaching.
Before the 1870s, it was very difficult to dye or commercially print the color black on a cotton textile. Therefore, if black fabric was used in a quilt made before 1870, it is unlikely to have survived.
Read more in this great magazine. Curated Quilts has no ads! And it is beautifully produced by two women who operate this small business for the love of quilts.
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