Author: Whitney Otto
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0804181225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“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
An American Quilt
Author: Rachel May
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177478X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 168177478X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
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
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0804181225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“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
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0804181225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
“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
How to Make an American Quilt
Author: Whitney Otto
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The New American Quilt
Author: Quilt National
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780937274026
Category : Quilting
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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ISBN: 9780937274026
Category : Quilting
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The Classic American Quilt Collection
Author: Karen Bolesta
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 9780875967257
Category : Amish quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 9780875967257
Category : Amish quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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HOW to Make an American Quilt
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The Classic American Quilt Collection
Author: Mary V. Green
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 9780875966441
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Basket patterns have always been popular among quilters because they offer ample opportunity for creativity. Step-by-step directions for making a dozen Basket quilts, including both piecing & applique.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 9780875966441
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Basket patterns have always been popular among quilters because they offer ample opportunity for creativity. Step-by-step directions for making a dozen Basket quilts, including both piecing & applique.
The American Quilt
Author: Roderick Kiracofe
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Quilts in America.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Quilts in America.
Patty McCormick's Pieces of an American Quilt
Author: Patty McCormick
Publisher: C & T Pub
ISBN: 9781571200129
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Describes the design, creation, and filming of the quilts in the movie "How to Make an American Quilt," and includes patterns for two quilts
Publisher: C & T Pub
ISBN: 9781571200129
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Describes the design, creation, and filming of the quilts in the movie "How to Make an American Quilt," and includes patterns for two quilts
The Classic American Quilt Collection
Author: Janet Wickell
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780875967820
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Provides star patterns for patchwork quilting, and offers advice on enlarging patterns, using templates, piecing basics, mitering borders, machine quilting, and what types of fabrics to use
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780875967820
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Provides star patterns for patchwork quilting, and offers advice on enlarging patterns, using templates, piecing basics, mitering borders, machine quilting, and what types of fabrics to use