Dutch Quilts

Reproduction quilt by Petra Prins

 from an antique quilt found in

An Noonan's A History of Dutch Quilts.

Somehow Americans have lost most memories of our Dutch heritage. Nineteenth-century writers focused on England when they wrote about the sources for American culture from holidays and foodways to needlework and quilts. It's time to explore the Dutch history of quilts and Petra Prins has a new book to guide us.

Treasures from Holland  has patterns for a dozen reproduction quilts based on Dutch antiques..

The publisher is the French QuiltMania and the instructions are in Dutch, French and English.

See more Quiltmania books here.

http://www.quiltmania.com/livreVirtuel/index.php?livre=treasuresfromholland  

The cover quilt by Petra

She owns a quilt shop in Amsterdam called Den Haan & Wagenmakers, which sells wonderful reproduction fabrics.
http://denhaanenwagenmakers.blogspot.com/ 

Petra recently showed her quilts at an exhibition in Alsace. I found a post with pictures here at Journey of a Quilt Lover's blog:

http://journeyofaquiltlover.blogspot.com/2011/10/some-of-dutch-quilts.html  

 I first read about her quilts on Moda's Cutting Table blog. http://modafabrics.blogspot.com/2011/09/wonderful.html 
Petra's source for inspiration is An Moonen's book fromVan Gruting, Westervoort 2010.

Which is also in English as A History of Dutch Quilts

An's book is harder to find in the U.S. You might have to go to Amsterdam.
See a gallery of antique Dutch quilts at An's site
http://www.antiquetextile.info/dutchquilts.htm 

And if you think the Dutch influence on American culture is minor consider this man Sinter Klaas.
Happy St. Nicholas Day to everyone.