Types of Items You May Find

We have included a list of quilt related items that you may find that are important to quilt history and documentation. To view examples, feel free to take a virtual tour of our new online Boxes Under the Bed™ Gallery.

List of Ephemera Items:

• Batting wrappers, booklets, & advertising
• Newspaper clippings and local stories about quiltmakers
• Pages from farm magazines with quilts
• Pages from women's magazines with quilts
• Published pattern indexes
• Quilt books
• Quilt contest forms, winner listings, ribbons, photos, etc.
• Quilt exhibit catalogs, publicity fliers, brochures
• Quilt kits, pre-cut or stamped cloth blocks
• Quilt magazines
• Quilt organization newsletters
• Quilt pattern booklets
• Quilt photos
• Round Robin newsletters
• Miscellaneous items:
  cloth blocks
  templates
  quilting stencils
  fabric & thread
  swatch cards
  letters
  diaries
  scrapbook