The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since i1Quilts in America. Most of the book's 250 stunning full-color quilts have never before been published. With them as a reference, Kiracofe shows us how to read a vocabulary of fabrics, dyes, patterns, and other clues to put quilts in their social and cultural context. Full-color photographs. |
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... needlework was ingrained in the character of the first women to arrive in America ; they brought a heritage of centuries of stitching . with them . It is likely that they also brought what they could in actual pieces of needlework ; a ...
... needlework was ingrained in the character of the first women to arrive in America ; they brought a heritage of centuries of stitching . with them . It is likely that they also brought what they could in actual pieces of needlework ; a ...
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... needlework editor of Better Homes & Gardens during this time . After World War II , McKim turned her attention away from quilts and de- voted it to dolls . She died in 1976 , having made very few quilts in her lifetime , but ...
... needlework editor of Better Homes & Gardens during this time . After World War II , McKim turned her attention away from quilts and de- voted it to dolls . She died in 1976 , having made very few quilts in her lifetime , but ...
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... Needlework ; An Encyclopedia of Artistic , Plain and Fancy Needlework ( London : L. Upcott Gill , 1882 ) , cited in Jeannette Lasansky , Pieced by Mother : Over 100 Years of Quiltmaking Traditions ( Lewisburg , Pa .: Union County ...
... Needlework ; An Encyclopedia of Artistic , Plain and Fancy Needlework ( London : L. Upcott Gill , 1882 ) , cited in Jeannette Lasansky , Pieced by Mother : Over 100 Years of Quiltmaking Traditions ( Lewisburg , Pa .: Union County ...
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