Quilts Across America
Author | : Leslie Linsley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Quilting |
ISBN | : 9780312014377 |
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Author | : Leslie Linsley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Quilting |
ISBN | : 9780312014377 |
Author | : Eleanor Burns |
Publisher | : Quilt in a Day. |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Machine quilting |
ISBN | : 9780922705894 |
Eleanor's sensational cover quilt is made with Benartex fabrics. The "zinger" is a turkey red paisley fabric from the Woodlands line. The quilt is finished wiht a Four Point star setting.
Author | : Leslie Linsley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1989-10-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780517004937 |
Author | : Rachel May |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 168177478X |
Rachel May’s rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian south and the industrial north in the antebellum era—all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt. While studying objects in a textile collection, May opened a veritable treasure-trove: a carefully folded, unfinished quilt made of 1830sera fabrics, its backing containing fragile, aged papers with the dates 1798, 1808, and 1813, the words “shuger,” “rum,” “casks,” and “West Indies,” repeated over and over, along with “friendship,” “kindness,” “government,” and “incident.” The quilt top sent her on a journey to piece together the story of Minerva, Eliza, Jane, and Juba—the enslaved women behind the quilt—and their owner, Susan Crouch. May brilliantly stitches together the often-silenced legacy of slavery by revealing the lives of these urban enslaved women and their world. Beautifully written and richly imagined, An American Quilt is a luminous historical examination and an appreciation of a craft that provides such a tactile connection to the past.
Author | : Erica Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : |
Winning techniques and patterns from the Great Quilt Contest.
Author | : Leisure Arts |
Publisher | : Leisure Arts |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780848715267 |
his collection of 24 quilts features magnificent creations from quilters across the country. From "sea and sky" themes to autumn colors, Christmas patterns, and traditional designs, all come with complete color charts, patterns, and portraits of the desi
Author | : Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2020-11-03 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1496831438 |
Winner of the 2022 James F. Sulzby Book Award from the Alabama Historical Association Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682–1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory through the Second World War—a period of 268 years. The quilts are examined for their cultural context—that is, within the community and time in which they were made, the lives of the makers, and the events for which they were made. Starting as far back as 1682, with a fragment that research indicates could possibly be the oldest quilt in America, the volume covers quilting in Alabama up through 1950. There are seven sections in the book to represent each time period of quilting in Alabama, and each section discusses the particular factors that influenced the appearance of the quilts, such as migration and population patterns, socioeconomic conditions, political climate, lifestyle paradigms, and historic events. Interwoven in this narrative are the stories of individuals associated with certain quilts, as recorded on quilt documentation forms. The book also includes over 265 beautiful photographs of the quilts and their intricate details. To make this book possible, authors Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff and Carole Ann King worked with libraries, historic homes, museums, and quilt guilds around the state of Alabama, spending days on formal quilt documentation, while also holding lectures across the state and informal “quilt sharings.” The efforts of the authors involved so many community people—from historians, preservationists, librarians, textile historians, local historians, museum curators, and genealogists to quilt guild members, quilt shop owners, and quilt owners—making Alabama Quilts not only a celebration of the quilting culture within the state but also the many enthusiasts who have played a role in creating and sustaining this important art.
Author | : Museum of American Folk Art |
Publisher | : Penguin Putnam |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Quilting |
ISBN | : |
"One of America's largest collections of quilts - containing almost 400 examples at the time of this publication and steadily growing - belongs to the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City. As it is a national, not a regional institution, the Museum does not restrict its collection by location, nor is it restricted by time period: The quilts have been made all over the country and range in date from the late-eighteenth to the late-twentieth century." "Until this publication, however, there has been no comprehensive guide to the Museum's quilts, almost all of which have been donated by collectors in the field. Highlights from the collection have been published and exhibited many times, but the purpose of this book is to provide an opportunity for quiltmakers, collectors, scholars, and others to explore the collection in depth. The comprehensive discussion of the quilts has been divided into eleven chapters that are illustrated with 141 color plates. This text is then followed by a catalog of the entire collection, which in turn contains forty-four black-and-white illustrations. Here, then, is a richly handsome and informative volume that will prove to be essential for all those fascinated by this category of American folk art."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Patsy Orlofsky |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
This work on traditional quilts offers guidelines for establishing the age of antique quilts and information on the areas of the country where they were made. Techniques, tools, fabrics and dyes are described in detail, along with all the known types and patterns of quilt and how to care for them.
Author | : Sandra L. O'Brien |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Quilting |
ISBN | : 9780848710651 |
Various quilt patterns.