We use the term "Hand-made Quilt" here to mean: that the quilt is special, usually it is one of a kind (sometimes a quilter will make 2 or 3 of the same design with the same fabrics); that the quilt patchwork is cut by hand and then sewn together on a standard sewing machine; and that the quilting stitches are all sewn by hand. About 400 to 800 hours of effort goes into such a handmade quilt. Most quilters make only two per year.

Because they are not mass produced, Hand-made quilts vary greatly in quality, complexity and price.

Manufactured copies of Amish quilts are widely offered for sale. These quilts differ from the quilts offered here in that, they are much less expensive, and that they are not in any sense unique. In some cases, these manufactured quilts, have their patchwork design printed on the fabric rather than the patchwork being cut and then pieced together, and the quilting is done by machine, rather than by hand. In other cases, these "copy" quilts simply suffer from low quality stitching.