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