American quilts? Awareness & Activism Revivals Sewing Machine Beyond the Myths Ethnicity What are Quilts? Weddings Scrap bag? Printing and Dyeing War & Peace Utility And Thrift Professional Quiltmakers Early influencers Quilts as art Abstract design in American quilts art Patchwork Amish Mutual Aid 21st c. pros Distinct Traditions? Feminism Applique Industrial Revolution The Textile Trade Democratization World War I and II Contemporary African American Quiltmaking Coveting and Copying Quilt Software 20th c. cottage industries DIY Mourning Post-9/11 Quilts for Soldiers Studio art quilts Online Communities Taste And Fashion Cross-cultural connections Friendship Mail Order Colonial Quilters? Exploitation And Empowerment Bigger, Faster, Better, More Globalization Of American-Style Quilts Race Colonialism / Imperialism Everyday Creativity Slavery And Its Aftermath Women's work Do Quilts Have Ethnicity? Abolition The Digital Age Gender Quilting Commemoration Publishing Explosion Craze for Quilts The Birth of Modern Quilt Businesses Weaving Quilts For Causes