Article Author: Geoffrey Isley

Geoffrey Isley is a quilt maker and artist located in Grantham, Pa. He and his wife Dawn attend the Grantham (PA) Brethren in Christ Church. As freelance graphic artist since 1996, he has designed publications for the denomination, the Brethren in Christ Historical Society and the Archives, Messiah Lifeways, and other local nonprofits. He has served many years in the church on the worship commission with a keen interest in the visual arts, helping to start an art gallery at Grantham Church, and an art exhibition at the 2015 Mennonite World Conference in Harrisburg.

Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon

By Geoffrey Isley

August 2018 p. 211–214 | Book Review

JANNEKEN SMUCKER. Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Pp. 270. $22.00 (U.S.) Published by the Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, with Donald L. Kraybill, as the series editor, this book sets itself up to be the official history of Amish...read more