PRINTED COTTON AND CANVAS FABRICS

The National Museum of the American Coverlet, in association with Windham Fabrics, proudly offers cotton and canvas fabrics using pattern motifs taken from coverlets in the Museum collection.

The material is sold by the yard and in kits, containing both patterns and materials. Windham Fabrics, a division of Baum Textile Mills, recognizing the need for more quality quilting and crafting fabrics, works extensively with quilt historians and well-known designers from around the world and is an award-winning leader in the marketplace. It is known for its authentic reproductions of antique fabrics and sells almost exclusively in quilt shops.

Coverlet Collection cottons and Thompsonville Canvas are available at the Museum shop in Bedford, Pennsylvania,as well as fine quilt shops around the country.

We currently offer four lines of prints. To see images in all the lines, click on the name in red .

IT'S HERE!!
COVERLET COLLECTION III: THE FARMER FANCY: The name of this exciting new Windham line is taken directly from a Midwestern coverlet, made around 1840, bearing the inscription THE FARMER FANCY.  Its centerfield depicts a charming, folky farming scene, and details from this coverlet will be reflected in the new fabrics. Harry Tyler’s famous trademark lion appears in several of the new prints, while others focus on details from some of his centerfield patterns.
Projects are now available for this Collection.

COVERLET COLLECTION II: Designs used in coverlets woven in approximately 1830 to 1850. This exciting new concept in printed cotton fabrics makes use of the glorious and graphic designs used in 19th century woven bedcovers. The cotton reproductions highlight the coverlets’ strong visual texture and uniquely American design, taking them to a new level. The result is an extensive array of beautiful, fine cotton textiles, available now.




THOMPSONVILLE CANVAS: Created by the same 19th century weavers who made coverlets, the original woolen carpeting was woven in strips or panels about 36 inches wide. The strips were then sewn together by hand to create the original wall-to-wall floorcovering. Invented in Scotland, the carpeting was first made in the United States in Thompsonville, Connecticut in 1833. Why is it called ingrain? Perhaps because the yarns were dyed before the weaving process rather than afterwards and considered to result in a superior end product.

MORE PRINTS BY WINDHAM: Selected to coordinate with Coverlet Collection prints; they fill in the color wheel with rich ochres, pinks, reds, greens, blues and tans.

Nancy's Blues - by Nancy Gere mid-1800's These rich indigos, soft creams and milky browns are inspired by textiles from the mid-1800s.

Pink Chocolate – Williamsburg – Providence. 1875 Inspired by the collections of Colonial Williamsburg

Windham Basics Windham’s  best "basic" dots and textures for your fabric stash staples, offering perfect "fillers” and never going out of style.

Williamsburg – Providence Inspired by the collections of Colonial Williamsburg

Worn & Loved II by Jeanne Horton These great prints in delicate olive and moss greens, creams and spicy tans, are selected from Jeanne Horton’s latest line from Windham.

The Museum Shop, located in the Coverlet Museum building at 322 South Juliana Street, Bedford, PA, offers a growing selection of items including reference materials, mugs with the Museum logo, woven textiles based on old coverlet patterns, and more.

Proceeds from sales go to support The National Museum of the American Coverlet.