Do Amish women like to use the older style hand or treadle sewing machine or do they like to update to the modern electric ones?
When it comes to Amish quilting in particular, Amish women tend to use sewing machines.
Many people believe that the Amish culture wouldn’t use any sort of machinery. This isn’t quite true. Amish women used a treadle sewing machine (not really machinery – or is it?) to piece their block, but their quilting was always done by hand.
After making the quilt top, the women gathered to quilt the top. This became a traditional task and this had great influence on Amish quilting patterns and quilting in general.
