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QUILTING: HISTORY | 35 HERstory Quilts: A Celebration of Strong Women • Susanne Miller Jones • This rich col- lection of 108 mixed media fiber art pieces cele- brates strong women who cracked glass ceilings, made important discoveries, or shook the world by breaking into fields dominated by men. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 114 color images • 240 pp • 978-0-7643-5460-1 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD The History of the Patchwork Quilt • Schnuppe von Gwinner • The origins of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-na- tional examples over the past 500 years. Photos showcase beautiful appliqué and Amish quilts, crazy quilts, bridal and friendship quilts, and more. Examples represent historical and contemporary prize winning designs. • 7.75" × 10.5" (197 × 267 mm) • 115 photos • 196 pp • 978-0-88740- 136-7 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Inspired by Elvis: Art Quilts Celebrating the King • Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto, Charles L. Hughes • These 95 original quilts celebrate the songs, movies, and varied aspects of the life of Elvis Presley. Full color photographs of each quilt are accompanied by Elvis facts and tidbits, along with short artist narratives describing Elvis mem- ories and discussions of the quilts. • 7" × 10" (178 × 254 mm) • 116 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-5524-0 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Japanese Contemporary Quilts and Quilters: The Story of an American Import • Teresa DuryeaWong • Discover how quilting came to be a favorite pastime for an estimated 3 million quilters in Japan today. Meet prominent award winning quilters. Learn their inside stories by viewing more than 200 photographs showing contemporary quilts, the studios where the artists work, and the antique American quilts that once inspired them. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 216 color images • 144 pp • 978-0-7643-4874-7 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Kawaii Appliqué Quilts from Japan: How One Country’s Love of All Things Tiny Pow- ers Today’s Most Intricate Quilts (with 5 Projects from Top Designers) • Naomi Ichika- wa, Teresa Duryea Wong • Understand how Ja- pan’s beloved kawaii style began centuries ago, the world’s fascination with it, and the kawaii quilting phenomenon: appliqué quilts made with tiny pieces, typically tens of thousands of fabric bits in one quilt. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 200 color photos & 50 b/w patterns & diagrams • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-6925-4 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 46.99 CAD Magic & Memories: 45 Years of International Quilt Festival • Teresa Duryea Wong • Memories of 45 years of International Quilt Festival and the story of the two women—Karey Patterson Bresen- han and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes—who created this event and helped build the entire quilt industry • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 185 color and b/w images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-5741-1 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Making the Lancaster Diamond Sampler: A 19th Century Quilt Design by Fanny's Friend • Ann Parsons Holte • Learn or re-learn skills needed for making your own unique quilt. More than 500 instructional images and diagrams of quilts, blocks, and needlework, the basics of fab- ric selection, grain, placement, and seaming are demonstrated, from simple piecing to the elements of patchwork, complex miniatures, and appliqué. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 348 images, 175 templates • 224 pp • 978-0-7643-4549-4 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Pennsylvania Patchwork Pillowcases & Oth- er Small Treasures: 1820-1920 • Ann R. Her- mes • Gathered from private collectors and mu- seums, a study of Pennsylvania pillowcases made from about 1820 to 1920, predominantly in the area of Southeastern Pennsylvania. More than 250 color photos showcase a huge assortment of nine- teenth century printed fabrics, as well as intricate pieced and appliqué quilt designs. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 284 color images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-4610-1 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD A People and Their Quilts • John Rice Irwin • Interviews with hundreds of old-time quilters, some over one hundred years old, present a fresh oral history of the subject. Emphasis is placed on quilts and quilters in the Southern Appalachian region, but quilts from throughout America are in- cluded. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • 239 photos & color plates • 216 pp • 978-0-88740-024-7 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Quilting News of Yesteryear: 1,000 Pieces and Counting • Sue Reich • This book gathers newspaper accounts of quiltmaking in the 19th century into a chronicle of the work. Arranged chronologically, the reports are accompanied by detailed photographs of quilts made during the same time period. This visual record of antique quilts makes it clear how painstaking and beautiful was the quiltmaker’s work, and why it attracted attention. • 6" × 9" (152 × 229 mm) • 206 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2595-3 • HC • $25.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Quilting News of Yesteryear: Crazy as a Bed Quilt • Sue Reich • From the early 1880s through the second quarter of the twentieth century, American women made patchwork “crazy” quilts in colossal numbers. Newspapers picked up on the accomplish- ments of these talented women and shared themwith their communities. Here are more than 200 newspa- per articles dating from 1880 to 1945, illustrated with quilts that are contemporary to the articles. All of the pictures are close-ups, showing their intricate hand work. • 6" × 9" (152 × 229 mm) • 200 color photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-2795-7 • HC • $25.95 / £23.99 / 36.95 CAD Quiltings, Frolicks, & Bees: 100 Years of Sig- nature Quilts • Sue Reich • Historically, the soci- ety of women gathering together for the purpose of quiltmaking has been referred to as quiltings, frolicks, and bees. This book brings together news- paper articles about their needlework activities with quilts inscribed with hundreds of names— known as signature quilts. With needle and scroll, quiltmakers continue to capture special events. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 258 color images • 144 pp • 978-0-7643-4098-7 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Quilts: The Fabric of Friendship • The York County Quilt Documentation Project & The York County Heritage Trust • 200 ex- quisite quilts—plus many family stories and the local history behind them—provide a fascinating look at quilting traditions in York County, PA, from 1790–1950. Included are appliqué, pieced, and signature quilts, fads and novelties, and crib and doll quilts. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 235 color and 53 b/w photos • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-1195-6 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Quilts and Quiltmakers Covering Connecti- cut • The Connecticut Quilt Search Project • The Connecticut Quilt Search Project. More than 145 outstanding and diverse quilts from Connecticut dating from the pre-Revolutionary War era to the mid-20th century. Includes stories of the quilt- makers, historical background, and an extensive bibliography. A must for students of quilt history, women’s studies, textile enthusiasts, and lovers of American history. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 278 color photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-1472-8 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955: A 100- Year Photographic History • Janet E. Finley • The history of quilts and their usage is presented here in full detail through 330 vintage photographs containing a quilt. Each vivid image provides com- mentary on quilting specifics, photography, cos- tume, and American cultural history. This book is a wonderful resource for all quilters, historians, and photographers. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 330 images • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-4216-5 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Quilts of the Oregon Trail • Mary Bywater Cross • Presents quilts as documents of history that help us learn about the lives and experiences of the many women who traveled the Oregon Trail from 1840–1870. Features 56 quilts made before, during, and after the journey shown in full color, along with vintage photos of the makers and his- torical background. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 138 color & 40 b/w photos • 184 pp • 978-0- 7643-2316-4 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle • Vir- ginia Consortium of Quilters' Documentation Proj- ect • More than 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in more than 430 color and vintage pho- tos. From quilted armor of the 17th century to crazy quilts of the 19th century, they include homespun work of slaves and the fancy work of freed women and first ladies. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 428 color & 4 B/W photos • 160 pp • 978-0- 7643-2465-9 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Quilts Presidential and Patriotic • Sue Reich • More than 330 colorful images offer an intrigu- ing look at the presidential quilts and patriotic quilts made by American quilters through history, from the presidential term of George Washington through that of Barack Obama. Also highlights 43 newly-made quilts reflecting, in fabric and designs, each of the US presidents to date. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 337 color & b/w images • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-5041-2 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Southern Quilts: Celebrating Traditions, History, and Designs • Mary W. Kerr • In more than 270 color images, this treasury celebrates the South’s rich quilting heritage. Quilt expert Mary W. Kerr joins 13 other historians to show what sets southern quilts apart from other textiles, and how these traditions developed across all socioeconom- ic levels, in communities such as African American, Scots Irish, and German. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 272 color images • 144 pp • 978-0-7643- 5502-8 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD World War I Quilts • Sue Reich • Quilt making in the 1910s saw the convergence of the quilt styles of the late nineteenth century with the innovations of the early twentieth century. Two catastrophic events interrupted the emergence of the new trends in quilt making: World War I and the 1918 Pandemic Flu brought hardship and death to America, and the entire world. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 265 color & b/w photos • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-4754-2 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD World War II Quilts, 2nd Edition • Sue Reich • Many American women applied their skills in making quilts to honor and benefit US soldiers during the period 1940–1945, either as outright gifts, or as raffle items to raise money for the war effort. Captivating photos and descriptive text authenticate and date them, enhancing their historic and emotional importance. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 387 color & b/w images • 232 pp • 978-0-7643-5334-5 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD