Amish quilts are usually associated with spareness. The iconic Center Square quilts made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania utilize a minimalist pieced pattern and subtle, though intricate, quilting. Less well known are unorthodox Amish quilts, including Crazy quilt interpretations. These two examples take different approaches: on top, the Pennsylvania Amish maker fit Crazy blocks into a standard, contained format while on the bottom, the Iowa Amish maker seemingly threw caution to the wind, combining colors and patterns not normally associated with Amish quilts.

Pattern: 
Crazy quilts
Maker: 
Amish communities
Pennsylvania (top), Iowa (bottom)
United States
International Quilt Museum, Ardis and Robert James Collection
2006.043.0158, 2009.039.0047