Claim: Joan Lintaultmade quilt art before it became popular and she published a solo book on it in 1970.
Evidence: Joan Lintault produced original textile and quilted art before quilting or quilt art became a national pastime. She and Therese May, as well as the Counts, had work that was first published by Jean Ray Laury in Quilts and Coverlets: A Contemporary Approach, 1970.