Quilts of Ohio's Western Reserve includes early quilts brought from Connecticut to the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio and contemporary quilts, including one by an Old Order Amish woman and a quilt inspired by Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Quilt makers in Oberlin, including fifth-generation descendants of abolitionists and slaves, produced the Underground Railroad Quilt in 1987.
Ricky Clark, one of Ohio's foremost quilt historians, has assembled exquisite examples of calamanco, T quilts, and borderless pieced quilts to show the history of Connecticut aesthetics and history...

Ohio s long quiltmaking heritage prepared the wayfor the contemporary pioneer artists of the 1970s and 1980s, who, through individual vision and dedication, have created a new art form and added a new chapter to quilt history. Uncommon Threads: Ohio s Art Quilt Revolution reveals for the first time the remarkable role Ohio artists, curators, institutions, and organizations have played in the evolution of today s internationalart quilt movement.
Against the backdrop of America s counterculture and civil rights movements, author Gayle A. Pritchard s compelling narrative threads its way...

"In Philena s Friendship Quilt: A Quaker Farewell to Ohio," Lynda Salter Chenoweth discovers the story behind a Quaker signature quilt made in Ohio, in 1853. Chenoweth practices what she calls fabric archaeology to reveal not only the identity of the quilt recipient and details of her life and community but also a striking feature of the quilt itself a hidden design element created by the deliberate placement of names on the quilt s surface. Chenoweth also describes nineteenth century signature quilts and their appeal to Quaker quiltmakers.
Signature quilts, also known as friendship...