Quilting is the most common way to attach a quilt's layers together but also popular, especially in vernacular quilts, is tying: using yarn or string to secure the layers together in evenly spaced intervals.

To see some of the fabrics in this quilt, click to the next slide.

Pattern: 
Four Patch
Maker: 
Maker unknown
Circa
1890
1910
Possibly made in
Pennsylvania
United States
87
66
International Quilt Museum, Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof Collection
2003.003.0025