The story of the American quilt is the story of America itself. Every success and failure, every epoch and era, everything we are and want to be shows up in our quilts. In this video, writer-editor Mary Fons takes you through a brief — but passionate — history of the American quilt.

There's so much more to the story than she could pack into one short video, so for more "quilt nerd content" tune into her live quilt research show on Twitch! Go to   / yomaryfons   to see her schedule and tune in three times a week for so much more nerdy quilt content.