Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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.

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12 comments:

  1. SupergoofDecember 6, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Thank you!
    I'm happy to live in The Netherlands!
    ;o)

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  2. Nancy A. BekofskeDecember 6, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Amazing quilts!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    nice the talk of our herritagage.
    gitte
    netherlands

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  4. AnneliesDecember 6, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    And if you go to the shop in Amsterdam you might see me, because I work there with much pleasure !

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  5. MartineDecember 6, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Great that you write about Dutch quilts.
    They are so beautiful.

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  6. WoolenSailsDecember 6, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    Wonderful to see books on quilts from quiltmakers that bought the craft and designs to america. My original ancestors were the first dutch settlers in NY and I love learning about their history and someday would like to incorporate that into a story quilt.

    Debbie

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  7. BarbaraDecember 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    Mary Koval has the An book in her quilt shop. Here's the link:
    http://www.marykovalantiquequilts.com/Books

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  8. The Civil War QuilterDecember 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    I'm three-quarter Irish, one-quarter German, but I appreciate you sharing the history of the Dutch. Sometimes we forget this country was settled by peoples of many countries and they all contributed greatly to our heritage.

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  9. Laura GDecember 6, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    I have to admit I splurged and bought this book; the pictures are stunning and the content incredibly informative. It is amazing to see what our ancestors did with fabric especially because it was so difficult to make.

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  10. JoDecember 7, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    Thank you for your post on Dutch Quilts. My parents were both born in The Netherlands and came to America 2 years before I was born. My cousin and her daughter both live in Holland and we are all quilters. Nice to see the history and beautiful quilts in print.
    Jo

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  11. BertieDecember 7, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Lovely post and the book is fabulous, An Moonan's too, I can recommend it:)
    Just for your information Petra Prins also has a shop in Zutphen, Holland, a dream of a shop.
    Sinterklaas looks scary, well that's what I thought when I was a young girl:)

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  12. JosephineDecember 18, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    Wow, what a great item about Dutch quilts and Petra Prins. She is a lovely lady, i know, i work for her too in Amsterdam!

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