There is a growing popularity in quilts. Quilting originated in Wales, but it was the Americans who made it so popular, particularly the Amish folk of Pennsylvania who make such beautiful quilts. My first attempt at quilting shown here is double bed size and took me a whole season to complete, but I so enjoyed making it and would work at it between serving customers at events. I would suddenly become aware I had an audience and many ladies would ask me questions about my patchwork. These 2" hexagon pieces were from reproduced Victorian fabrics. This might be classed as a charm quilt except that it uses the same fabric several times, whereas charm quilts were made from hundreds of pieces of different design fabrics, as per the 1930s quilt shown below.

1930s charm quilt using hundreds of different fabrics in hexagon shapes

I have backed my quilt with calico and it has a very thin wadding. The quilt is entirely hand stitched and I dread to think how many hours work were involved (a lot!). I'm now working on a Log Cabin design quilt, here's a pillowcase I made to try out the technique:

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There are many websites about quilts, here are some of my favourites

Historic American Quilts
Dear Jane Quilts
Fabrics.net
The Bramble Patch
Charm Quilts

Sewing suppliers

Kleins Online Store
Sew Essential
UK Sewing Services
The Cotton Patch