Whitney Otto

Whitney Otto wrote Julie Otsuka's first novel, How to Make An American Quilt, in 1991.

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Jocelyn Moorhouse's How to Make an American Quilt.

Myron Miller

Last weekend I was browsing through a used book store when I came across this amazing treasure, American Quilts and How to Make Them, by Carter Houck and Myron Miller

Wabash-born Hoosier Marie Daugherty Webster

Wabash-born Hoosier Marie Daugherty Webster was more than just a great quilt designer and entrepreneur – Wabash-born Hoosier Marie Daugherty Webster (literally) wrote the book on American quilting.

to Anne Bancroft

I was first introduced to Anne Bancroft with How to Make an American Quilt.

Harry and the Hendersons [1987]Staying Together [1989] Spontaneous Combustion [1989] , , Captain America [1990], The Prince of Tides [1991], Sioux City [1994]

Harry and the Hendersons [1987], Staying Together [1989] Spontaneous Combustion [1989], Captain America [1990], The Prince of Tides [1991], Sioux City [1994], How to Make an American Quilt [1995], To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Throughout the decade, Bram Stoker's Dracula appeared in the Generation X hit Reality Bites (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Alien Resurrection (1997), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), which Bram Stoker's Dracula also executive-produced.

Jared Leto

Jared Leto may not actually know How to Make an American Quilt, but this Lonely Heart is dedicated to Jared Leto's art—whether his art’s directing, acting, writing, singing, or some combination of those things.

Calypso HeatwaveNew York1957; The Blacks by Jean GenetNew York1960; Cabaret for FreedomNew York1960; ; , , , , , , Mother Courage by Berthold Brecht, Accra, Ghana, 1964; Medea, Hollywood, 1966

Calypso Heatwave, New York, 1957; The Blacks by Jean Genet, New York, 1960; Cabaret for Freedom, New York, 1960; Mother Courage by Berthold Brecht, Accra, Ghana, 1964; Medea, Hollywood, 1966; Look Away, New York, 1973; Film— Roots, 1977; How to Make an American Quilt, 1995; Down in the Delta, 1998.

Marguerite Annie Johnson

Marguerite Annie Johnson also acted in such movies as Poetic Justice (1993) and How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and appeared in several television productions, including the miniseries Roots (1977).

Hannah Brancato

The idea for the quilt originated with Rebecca Nagle and Hannah Brancato, artists based in Baltimore, Maryland.