America S Heritage Quilts

Looks at the history of American quilts, shows and describes traditional patterns, and offers advice on planning and making a quilt.

An in-depth look at this popular American art form contains background information on the history of quilting, patterns that are popular in different regions of the country, and other information.

Each quilt was essential-often the difference between life and death. Some hung on porch rails to secretly indicate the way to freedom. Others just kept the children warm. Each told a story. Kids will learn how African American women excelled at this now much-admired craft, and will learn to make their own quilt and even stuff into a 3-dimensional shape for a forever keepsake! This 36-page reproducible book involves thinking first and doing second as well as planning, budgeting, scheduling, quality control, cooperation, and many more skills that are critical for a child's education.

Meet the people, the quilts, and the stories discovered nationally by the thousands of volunteers who have registered more than 157,000 quilts in state quilt documentation projects. Explore the American experience through these state projects.

Presents the history and development of this folk art form. Organized geographically, the volume explores regional quilts and quiltmaking from the early 1800s to the present. Over 130 full-color photographs.

This photographed book covers the historical panorama of quiltmaking in the United States, from the quintessential patterns to their cultural significance.--[Book jacket.].

Discusses the patterns and current values of a variety of American quilts made from 1775 to 1984