As I’ve been researching quilts and quilters among the First Ladies in the White House, I came across some very interesting information about Mrs. Lincoln and quilts.  No, Mary Todd Lincoln didn’t make quilts, as far as I can determine.  However, apparently her dressmaker did.
According to the information at the Kent State University Museum web site, Elizabeth Hobbes Keckley used scraps left from sewing Mrs. Lincoln’s dresses  to create a quilt.  There are photos of this lovely, intricately made quilt made around 1860 and more information about the quiltmaker/dressmaker. 
The quilt also has been on display at the Decatur House in …read more

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One of my readers checked out my post, Corduroy Quilts,and wanted more information about them:
I was browsing the internet for a corduroy quilt (possibly even a duvet style if that is even common or possible) and came across your blog. I was wondering if you still are making them, have any, or could direct me to where I could find one. I am searching as a gift .
Since I no longer make quilts, corduroy or otherwise, on commission, I was wondering if anyone else made them or knows where my reader can find them.
Let me know in the comments below.  …read more