Panels containing individuals' names from across the nation and five foreign countries are sewn together creating one quilt measuring 150 feet by 470 feet, weighing over three tons. This symbolic book contains color photos of the panels and the stories behind them. The actual quilt is presently on a national tour to the 25 largest U.S. cities. The Quilt will go to The NAMES Project.

    Features include 10 new patterns and 20 quilting designs, cu tting and sewing guides, quick cutting and quick piecing tec hniques and exercises. '

    Japanese needleworkers were, of course, impressed by the wonderful graphic designs in the Holstein collection, but they were especially attracted to the lovely old fabrics and the use of scraps. The Japanese have traditionally cherished old fabrics, and the idea of creating something artistic and useful from scraps appealed to the love and use of color and design that is paramount in their culture.The wonderful creations resulting from this enthusiastic quilting activity can be savored in the 135 beautiful illustrations in this book, which are divided into five broad categories: American Patterns-Hybrid Quilts; Japanese Designs; Blue and White Quilts; Country Textiles; and Kamon Quilts.

    Shows how to make a quilt using the trip around the world pattern.

    

    A history book full of photos to tell about the history of female quilters in Washington State.

    Illustrated in full color. Indexed.

    Unlike most other quilt block books, this one includes a coloring book of blank block drawings; full-size patterns for a variety of setting patches; quilting patterns for the large patches; seam allowances, grain arrows and yardages for each patch; block ratings for ease of construction; and no curves, no set-in patches, nothing tricky or fussy.

    Included are chintz applique quilts, intricately pieced and appliqued quilts, crazy quilts, and examples of ingenious thrift in quilting with found and salvaged materials. The quilts were chosen from more than 10,000 that owners brought to be recorded by the North Carolina Quilt Project during a series of statewide Quilt Documentation Days in 1985-86. Because the quilts are privately owned, many have never been seen publicly. The text presents the lives and times of the quiltmakers, accompanied by many vintage photographs from family collections. Whether these women made quilts to pass the time, warm their families, beautify their lives, or serve as symbols of love and togetherness, they used their fabric with uncommon artistry and craftsmanship.