More than 100 quilts are expected to be on display and for sale in a variety of styles, colors and patterns, from baby to king-sized, all quilted by hand as in the Amish custom.

There's no single style that characterizes an Illinois Amish quilt, but they do share some traits. Common colors include blue, green, red, brown, rust and purple; darker shades ruled prior to 1920.

This quilt made in 1910, has dark colors and geometric design. It was featured on the cover of the catalogue of “AMISH: The Art of the Quilt” at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in 1990.

”The quilts are so beautiful and the Amish are such wonderfully happy people,” Decker said. ”People are really attracted to that.” Originally Published: November 30, 1992 at 1:00 AM CST ...

Detailed info about Amish quilting patterns along with traditions of Amish life are shared Explore the link between Amish culture and artistic quilting. Klaudeen Hansen's knowledge of Amish ...

Even with a strong culture of minimalism and uniformity, the Amish have found their own “Sunday best” to display: quilts.

Explore the creative practice of Amish quilters in the United States. Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women looks beyond quilting as a utilitarian practice. It reveals historical quilting ...

The traditional Amish quilt auction and crafts show will once again take place 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 1 and 2, at the Yoder Farm, 10885 N. Leaton Rd. in Clare.

Each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, hundreds of people attend the Amish Quilt Auction near Mechanicsville. The 18th sale took place in a large barn on Grove Farm Lane on Nov. 18.

The next Amish quilt show by by Jacksonport Cottage is scheduled for Oct. 6 to 9. For more information, call 920-823-2288 or visit jacksonportcottage.com.

There's a story about Amish quilts that says a quilt can't be perfect because only the Lord makes perfection. Not true, said Wendell Zercher, a Lancasterhistory.org curator.

A quilt in the "Sunshine and Shadow" pattern - from Mifflin County, Pa., in 1939-40 - is distinctive. Small, colorful squares build into complex diamonds.