Studying HERITAGE QUILTS
Are you curious about heritage quilts?
In this occasional series, we chat to quilt-lovers with a particular enthusiasm for old quilts – collecting them, their care and finding out more about these captivating objects. This issue, we catch up with Kate Smith, who tells us about her passion for antique quilts and investigating their stories.
What sparked your interest in heritage quilts?
In the late 1980s, I was in Liberty’s in York buying dressmaking fabric. On display was a reproduction of the Jane Austen quilt*. Although I have sewn all my life, patchwork and quilting had not been on my radar, but I was captivated by the patterns created by the piecing and wanted to
