Quilt jewelry, silver jewelry designs including bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces hand crafted of sterling silver, copper and gold.

Quilting is as old as ancient Egypt if not older and whole cloth quilts were very common trade goods in wealthy circles in Europe and Asia going back as far as the 15th century. The earliest surviving quilt is from approximately the first century BC to the second century AD. It was found in a Mongolian cave and is a quilted linen carpet. It is housed in the Saint Petersburg department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Archaeology Section. The making of pieced quilts made up of cut pieces of fabric sewn in block form with the blocks then sewn together to make the quilt is a more recent development.

Pieced block quilts, often called patchwork quilt, did not become the dominant form of quilt making until the mid-19th century, and still is not the traditional form in Provence, Wales, and parts of India.

Quilting in early America was far different than it is now. Over the years methods changed from piecing and quilting being done by hand to the use of the sewing machine as it became available then a turn back to making quilts by hand and finally to the use of modern sewing and quilting machines.

Somehow we have inherited this myth of early Colonial women sitting by their firesides making quilts. We idealize their lives with images of quilting bees and cozy handmade bed quilts. It seems as if quilting was invented by these immigrants to the New World. The truth of it all is far different.

Native American Indian Silver Jewelry tribal Designs

Eskimo Mask bracelet (#18502)

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Cabin Lights necklace (#38503)

Flying Geese earrings (#28503)

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