American Country Scrap Quilts

American Country Scrap Quilts

Author: Marianne Fons

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780875966267

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Presents thirty-one projects for constructing "scrap" quilts--a style which utilizes as many as several hundred different fabrics--and offers sewing tips, quilting ideas, and timesaving cutting charts


Treasury of American Quilts

Treasury of American Quilts

Author: Cyril I. Nelson

Publisher: Random House Value Pub

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780517448618

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Displays and annotates 185 quilts in a variety of designs and styles and offers patterns and instructions for making twenty-one different quilts


How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

Author: Whitney Otto

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0804181225

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“Remarkable . . . It is a tribute to an art form that allowed women self-expression even when society did not. Above all, though, it is an affirmation of the strength and power of individual lives, and the way they cannot help fitting together.”—The New York Times Book Review An extraordinary and moving novel, How to Make an American Quilt is an exploration of women of yesterday and today, who join together in a uniquely female experience. As they gather year after year, their stories, their wisdom, their lives, form the pattern from which all of us draw warmth and comfort for ourselves. The inspiration for the major motion picture featuring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, and Maya Angelou Praise for How to Make an American Quilt “Fascinating . . . highly original . . . These are beautiful individual stories, stitched into a profoundly moving whole. . . . A spectrum of women’s experience in the twentieth century.”—Los Angeles Times “Intensely thoughtful . . . In Grasse, a small town outside Bakersfield, the women meet weekly for a quilting circle, piercing together scraps of their husbands’ old workshirts, children’s ragged blankets, and kitchen curtains. . . . Like the richly colored, well-placed shreds that make up the substance of an American quilt, details serve to expand and illuminate these characters. . . . The book spans half a century and addresses not only [these women’s] histories but also their children’s, their lovers’, their country’s, and in the process, their gender’s.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A radiant work of art . . . It is about mothers and daughters; it is about the estrangement and intimacy between generations. . . . A compelling tale.”—The Seattle Times


The Classic American Quilt Collection

The Classic American Quilt Collection

Author: Karen Costello Soltys

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780875966854

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An ideal "textbook" for learning to make classic, cozy Schoolhouse quilts. From the charming Honeymoon Cottage to the paper-pieced Eclectic Neighborhood, this volume offers 11 projects & a variety of quick-&-easy techniques.


Snowflakes & Quilts

Snowflakes & Quilts

Author: Paula Nadelstern

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2010-11-05

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1571207740

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The author of Kaleidoscope Quilts shows how to create a stunning snowflake quilt, including how to draft a design, make templates, and piece successfully. Paula’s incredible quilts capture the delicate, three-dimensional effect of winter’s snowflakes. Learn how to create the endless variations found in snowflakes using the techniques and materials of quilt making! • Full-size patterns for making 11 of the snowflake designs from Paula’s quilts • Step-by-step instructions explain how to draft a design, make templates, and piece successfully • Paula reveals her strip-piecing techniques for “Power Stitching” • Learn methods for using your fabrics to create “Seemingly Seamless Seams” “Paula explores the collision of precise geometry and lush splinters of color and pattern. In this book, she reveals her unique technique with characteristic intelligence and humor.” —Stacy C. Hollander, Senior Curator, Museum of American Folk Art, New York City “Much like a child mesmerized by fireflies, I cannot get enough of looking when I see [Paula’s] quilts. Riveting, dazzling, hypnotizing—these are the words that spring to mind when I behold Paula’s art.” —Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum


Quilts in the Tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright

Quilts in the Tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Jackie Robinson

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9781885156136

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Frank Lloyd Wright's art glass designs (1900-1923) inspired these quilts. Take a tour with Jackie Robinson as she guides you through construction of your own "Wright window" in fabric using machine piecing methods. Directions are included for eighteen projects.


The Quilters Hall of Fame

The Quilters Hall of Fame

Author: The Quilters Hall of Fame

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 2014-08

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0760347050

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Masterpiece quilts and Master quilters--both are honored in The Quilters Hall of Fame. The book profiles more than forty of the quilting world's most influential people--from early twentieth-century quilt designer Ruby McKim to quilt curator Jonathan Holstein to contemporary art quilter Nancy Crow. Lavishly illustrated with one hundred glorious color photographs of their quilts, plus historical photographs, ads, and pattern booklets, The Quilters Hall of Fame is essential for every quilter's bookshelf.