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Amish-made quilts and wall hangings from Old-Order Amish families of Ethridge, Tennessee: We are quilting specialists striving to offer exceptional examples of the Amish quilting tradition. The majority of our Amish-made quilts exceed the standard count of 6 quilted stitches per inch, with many reaching the expert range of nine to ten per inch. We offer dozens of handmade quilts in nontraditional and traditional Amish patterns, each a fine example of Amish hand quilting. Our quilters are available to create custom quilts to your design, color and size specifications from cutting and piecing your top through hand quilting and binding. Our handcrafted bed quilts make outstanding house warming or wedding gifts, available in sizes from twin through king bed. Your gifts may be personalized by our monogramming service. We also offer Hand Made Baskets including Amish hand crafted ash slatted baskets, and collapsible oak wooden baskets. BENEFIT RAFFLE TO AID TWO CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHILDREN IN OUR AMISH COMMUNITY. Click on the thumbnail photos to be directed to the webpages where we are presenting these two incredible quilts. Quilt tops were purchased in the Fall of 2008 solely for this purpose, they are not stale inventory we have donated. Tickets are $50.00 each, with only 100 tickets being sold for each of the quilts. This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire a beautiful handmade quilt with dense hand quilting, nearly 500 yards in each of the quilts, while also supporting a worthy cause. All goods and services related to these two quilts have been entirely donated--the tops, backing, batting, and the website came from us, the hand quilting was accomplished by groups of women in our Amish community. All raffle monies will go directly to Vanderbilt Childrens' Hospital to offset mounting medical bills. We are not a recognized charity for IRS purposes, so your ticket price is not tax deductible, just a group of concerned neighbors trying to lighten somewhat an oppressive financial load for two families trying to keep their chronically ill children healthy.

I am working closely with a community of 155 Old-Order Amish families living in Ethridge, Tennessee. Each quilt is made in our homes. Since they've no electric, quilts are machine pieced on treadle sewing machines and hand quilted. Fabrics are 100% cotton or cotton/poly blends. The quilts are batted in either 100% cotton which gives a flatter, more antique appearance or polyester which lofts to accentuate the hand stitching. All fabrics have been laundered to allow for shrinkage and running of dyes prior to quilting, and may now be safely machine washed and dried. For more detailed information about us and our quilts, click here.

We are pleased to be able to offer Amish Dolls for our customers again. For more information, look on the Amish Dolls Page.

We are introducing this new line of Amish-made appliqué quilts at hundreds of dollars below retail.  Each quilt is one of a kind and we are not able to guarantee that a color, size or pattern will be replaced in our inventory after the current ones are sold.  If you are hoping to acquire one of these hand appliquéd and hand quilted beauties, we would recommend that you consider our Layaway Service.

Shown below is our Feature King Quilt:  Lone Star

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 APP-139K             $949.00                  $749.00

Our Lone Star combines the best of two quilt-making applications, treadle-sewing machine pieced Star and appliqué' in the corner insets.  We are seeing this approach recently, an attractive deviation from the traditional circle medallion typical on the Lone Star pattern.  But often the appliqué' is 'over-done', just too much of a good thing.  We liked the simplicity of this particular appliqué' with the Lone Star.  The use of color and pattern in this quilt makes a striking contrast and dramatic statement by combining solids, prints, and metallic fabrics.  The border and pillow top have appliqué-ed 8 point stars entirely around the edge.  A scallop-edged border with a deep French Country Blue binding finishes beautifully this King Size quilt (105 x 114").  It is photographed on a queen size bed, which it will fit, but the Lone Star design makes the best presentation on a King Size bed where the star points lay flat on the mattress top.  A perfect Christmas gift, sale priced at $749.00 for the Holiday season, a savings of $200.00 with Free Shipping when purchased before Christmas.

 

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Our pieced, ready-made quilts can be uniquely identified by the color highlighted order number that  appears in the item description.  When placing an order for these traditional quilts, kindly reference the order number.

To view our inventory click on your size requirements:

Crib/Wall Hanging	Twin	Full/Double
Queen	King	Whole Cloth

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in whole cloth quilts. Whole cloths are the perfect canvas to showcase a quilter's expertise. As the name implies, a whole cloth quilt consists of a top layer composed of a single piece of fabric, usually white or ecru, but always a solid color. The pattern or design on a whole cloth is achieved entirely of intricate quilting.

Also, we are now offering a line of Amish-made, hardwood quilt hangers designed to evenly distribute your quilt's weight, thus protecting it while it is on display. Our are entirely handmade right down to the wooden knobs.

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Amish Made Quilt Tops

If we don't happen to have a ready-made quilt that fits your size and color requirements, check out our Amish Made Quilt Tops, we can quilt these for you, or you can do the quilting.

 

Services

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Each quilt is unique; once it is sold, there is no quilt like the one you missed. These authentic Amish handcrafted quilts become family treasures that increase in value with the passage of time.

If you love to quilt but hate to piece, we would be happy to piece a top for you in your size, pattern, and color preference. Since we design and build quilts from start to finish, we can make a quilt any way you wish. Even if you have a quilt that is not completed, we can finish it for you. Our expert Amish quilters are ready to turn your old or new quilt top into a cherished family heirloom. Just click Custom Services to learn more.

We offer an extensive inventory of patterns, colors and sizes. New quilts are arriving weekly and not all available quilts are on display. A quilt previously displayed on this site may well have been returned to inventory.

We feature a wide variety of gathering baskets, market baskets, egg baskets as well as unique wooden folding baskets. View our constantly changing inventory of baskets to see the various sizes, colors, and styles.

We would like to acknowledge those companies who have provided quality goods and services in advancing Plain and Simple Quilts, while also providing useful links for our visitors. Visit our Links Page to get links to other helpful sites.

 

If you have any questions about inventory, comments, or curiosities, I am Lydia. If you click this icon anywhere on our site, I will be happy to respond to your questions.

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Site Updated April 29, 2010