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Lone
Stars, Volume I : A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936 Lone Stars is the result of an ambitious three-year search for
fine old Texas quilts still privately owned and made or brought to
the state between the year the Texas Republic came into being and
its centennial. The authors had been told by "authorities"
that finding really fine quilts in what had been a rough frontier
area was quite unlikely. But page after page of visually stunning
quilts prove with a vengeance that experts can be wrong. Here
"lone star" does not refer to the well-known quilt pattern
but rather to the fact that each of the 62 quilts pictured is the
"star" work of someone who may have not known she was
creating a masterpiece. For each quilt there is a full-page color
illustration, accompanying documentation, and, when available,
personal information about the maker. Click on the title to
order
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Maryland Album : Quiltmaking Traditions
Some of the oldest and most collectible American quilts were
examined in the quilt documentation project of the Maryland
Association for Family and Community Education. Full color
illustrations. Click on the title to order
Minnesota
Quilts: Creating Connections with our Past
A unique treasury of exceptional quilts, fascinating quilters, and
their stories from the Minnesota Quilt Project, whose members
traveled the state for nearly twenty years, photographing and
documenting quilts and interviewing quiltmakers. The result is a
collection as varied and expressive as the makers themselves. From
early pioneer days to the 1970s, these quilts, showcased in glorious
full-color photographs, span a significant era of Minnesota and
reflect our distinctive heritage. Click on the title to order for
$23.10, a 34% savings.
Mississippi
Quilts(PB)Following
the pattern of several other states,
the Mississippi Quilt Association's
Heritage Quilt Search Project was a
six-year effort to examine and
document the state's quilting
traditions. Association members
examined more than 1700 quilts from
public and private collections,
finally choosing 140 quilts created
between the early 1800s and 1946,
after which synthetic fabrics and
battings became available. Johnson
(The America Quilt) describes the
quilts within the social and
cultural traditions of Mississippi
and offers detailed discussions on
the pattern, maker, date, current
owner, and dimensions. Often a
photograph of the quilt maker is
included. Chapters detail the wide
range of styles represented in
Mississippi quilt-making traditions
in various time periods, from 1826
through the Civil War and
Reconstruction periods and into the
20th century. Click on
the title to order for $24.50, a 30%
savings.
North Carolina Quilts Handsome color plates of some 100 quilts. Photos from family
collections are included. The quilts are examples of the family ties
manifest in the stories of the quilters. Click on the title to
order for $24.46, a 30% savings.
Interspersed with photographs of quilts from both the 19th and
20th centuries are recollections of quilters who shared both
their own memories and their ancestors. Click on the title to
order for $29.95.
click on the title to order for $20.97, a 30% savings
Quilts of
Ohio's Western Reserve Ricky
Clark, one of Ohio's foremost quilt historians, has assembled exquisite examples
of calamanco, “T” quilts, and borderless pieced quilts to show the history
of early quilts in this region. Sections of the book include quilts made
during the Civil War and for postwar veteran's organizations as well as military
and presidential quilts that relate to the history of the Western Reserve. Click
on the title to order.
Treasures
in the Trunk: Quilts of the Oregon Trail
Between 1840 and 1870, a quarter of a million Americans crossed the
continent to Oregon and California in what was considered one of the
great migrations of modern times. This beautifully illustrated
volume recounts the stories of the women who traveled the Oregon
Trail. Includes their reasons for traveling west and the hardships
that they encountered. Retail: $22.99 , click on the title to order
for $16.09, a 30% savings.
Virginia
Quilt Museum. Located in the historic Shenandoah Valley,
the Virginia Quilt Museum is a resource center for the study of quilts
and quilting in American culture. Included in the museum's collection
are the creations of both early American and contemporary artisans.
The comprises 80 examples of the museum's permanent collection,
including Crazy quilts, Album quilts, Log Cabin quilts, quilts that
show the German influence found in Shenandoah folk art, quilts that
are uniquely Virginian in character, and more. Along with the 125
color photographs, 11 selected patterns are included. Click on
the title to order for $29.95
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