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Quilting, to some, may seem to be a lost art. In reality, quilting is just starting to find its place and stretch to its limits. Over the years, quilting has grown to become more a popular pastime for people. The process of quilting, an old folk craft, has weathered the years and even today is adapting to modern technology. Quilting in the United States began during colonial day when immigrants began practicing the quilting skills they learned in Europe. “Quilters frequently made quilts together at social gatherings that were called bees”(Katzenberg. p.41-42). When settlers arrived in America, quilting was already centuries old. Today, when you hear the word quilting, most people would picture their grandmothers stitching a bedcover while speaking of recipes and gossip with other women. According to Carol Grund, “. . . this is an accurate description of the quilting bees that became popular in the 1800s, but it is very different from the quilting experiences of Colonial women” (Stitches in Time. P.4). Since cloth was scarce, quilters would piece scraps of linen and wove what they had saved to make quilts. Women could not rely on store-bought fabric or threads. “Not only were the ships delivering these goods rare, b