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An American Quilt
Author | : Rachel May |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781681774787 |
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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.
How to Make an American Quilt
Author | : Whitney Otto |
Publsiher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2015-05-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780804181228 |
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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
Unconventional Unexpected American Quilts Below the Radar 1950 2000
Author | : Roderick Kiracofe |
Publsiher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1617691232 |
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Presents 150 quilts from the author's collection which were made during the second half of the twentieth century by anonymous quilters in the United States, along with a series of essays on quilt making as an art form.
Patty McCormick s Pieces of an American Quilt
Author | : Patty McCormick |
Publsiher | : C & T Pub |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1571200126 |
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Describes the design, creation, and filming of the quilts in the movie "How to Make an American Quilt," and includes patterns for two quilts
American Quilts
Author | : Robert Shaw |
Publsiher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 140274773X |
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This photographed book covers the historical panorama of quiltmaking in the United States, from the quintessential patterns to their cultural significance.--[Book jacket.].
The American Quilt
Author | : Roderick Kiracofe |
Publsiher | : Three Rivers Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : UOM:39015059570922 |
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The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Quilts in America.
Great American Quilts
Author | : Leisure Arts,Oxmoor House Staff,Oxmoor House |
Publsiher | : Leisure Arts |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0848715268 |
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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
Great American Quilts 1992
Author | : Sandra L. O'Brien |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Quilting |
ISBN | : 0848710657 |
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Various quilt patterns.