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36 | QUILTING: INSPIRATION And Still We Rise: Race, Culture, and Visual Conversations • Carolyn L. Mazloomi • Contem- porary quilt artists trace the path of black history in the United States with 97 original works exploring important events, places, people, and ideas over 400 years. The 69 artists who contributed works for this curated collection provide narrative ex- plaining the important stories and histories behind the quilts. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 97 color images • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-4928-7 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation • Editor Sandra Sider, Author Nancy Bavor • This comprehensive guide offers full-color images of 400 masterpieces, along with engaging interviews and insights from more than 200 artists capturing how and why, from 1965 through today, the art quilt movement has developed into one of the most exciting art forms of the 21st century. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 457 color images • 352 pp • 978-0-7643-5626-1 • HC • $49.00 / £44.99 / 70.00 CAD Cotton & Indigo from Japan • Teresa Duryea Wong • This fascinating story of Japan’s cotton and indigo, and how they power fiber arts worldwide, reveals how Japan and its top artists, scientists, quilters, and fabric designers combine tradition and high tech to weave the thread, fabrics, and stunning designs that are so coveted by today’s textile artists. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 313 color and b/w images • 160 pp • 978-0-7643- 5351-2 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Creating Hawaiian-Inspired Quilts • Judith Sandstrom • With 26 patterns to get you started and easy-to-follow directions, learn to cut and stitch both hand- and machine-appliquéd blocks for your own Hawaiian inspired quilt. The designs begin with single color, appliquéd blocks and prog- ress to blocks adorned with additional colors and motifs. For quilters of all skill levels. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 83 color images & 26 patterns • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-4858-7 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Fiber Expressions: The Contemporary Quilt • Quilt National • More than 90 quilts juried in the most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary quilts are featured here. These excit- ing examples demonstrate the varied field of the quilt as a modern form of art. The book is enriched by comments from the artists and jurors, including Gerhardt Knodel and Jan Myers and author/curator Penny McMorris. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 99 photos • 88 pp • 978-0-88740-093-3 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD The Fiona Quilt Block: 14 Projects from Sassy to Classy • Carolyn Goins • With their crisp geometric shapes, block patterns highlight the unique textures, colors, and patterns of leftover or designer fabrics. The book’s five block sizes will help quilters expand their repertoire exponentially beyond the book’s 14 projects that are illustrated in step-by-step diagrams. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 99 • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-4981-2 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Fly Me to the Moon: An Art Quilt Journey • Susanne Miller Jones • When Apollo astronauts went to the moon the world watched.When the Fly Me to the Moon challenge went out it went glob- al. Included in this collection are 179 art quilts by 131 artists from 8 countries celebrating the Apollo missions, astronauts, and all things lunar. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 195 color and b/w images • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-5400-7 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD From Ensign's Bars to Colonel's Stars: Mak- ing Quilts to Honor Those Who Serve • Renel- da Peldunas-Harter • Six quilts honor the officer ranks between 2nd lieutenant/ensign through colonel/captain. Original designs provided to fol- low along or to inspire your own ideas. Galleries show the versatility of quilts for non-military ap- plications. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 118 color images • 64 pp • 978-0-7643-4719-1 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Inspired by Endangered Species: Animals and Plants in Fabric Perspectives • Donna Marcinkowski DeSotoKim O’Keefe Beck • Dedi- cated and passionate rescuers, scientists, conser- vationists, and more share fascinating facts about the species, why they are at risk, their roles in pro- tecting them, and how we can all help. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 182 color images • 280 pp • 978-0-7643-5789-3 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Inspired by the Beatles: An Art Quilt Chal- lenge • Donna DeSoto • To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ first performance in the United States, 150 fiber artists each chose a differ- ent song by the Beatles and interpreted that song as a small quilt. This book is a collection of those quilts and the songs and stories that inspired them. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 169 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-4700-9 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Inspired by the National Parks: Their Land- scapes and Wildlife in Fabric Perspectives • Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto • A colorful celebra- tion of the 59 US national parks, this collection of 177 original art quilts depicts the widely varying landscapes, flora, and fauna of the parks. Short writings from 64 park rangers and other person- nel reveal individual glimpses into the passionate commitment to preserve, protect, and enjoy these special places. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 179 color photos • 280 pp • 978-0-7643-5119-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Inspired by the Nation's Capital: A Fiber Art Souvenir of Washington, DC • Donna Marcin- kowski DeSoto, John Kelly • A visual travelogue featuring amazingly dynamic art quilts that depict iconic landmarks and events of Washington, DC, together with useful and interesting facts. This beautiful, eye-catching little book captures the ma- jor sites as well as lesser-known places that enliven our nation's capital. • 6" × 8" (152 × 203 mm) • 104 color images • 216 pp • 978-0-7643-6324-5 • HC • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Around the World: Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA • SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associ- ates, Inc.) • Adding to the creativity-inspiring series Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA this high-powered mix serves as a long-term creative reference. A series of articles examine art being made in various locales: Australia & New Zea- land, Norway, and South Africa are included in this volume. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 350 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-6225-5 • PB • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD Museum Quality: Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA • SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.) • The ideal mix for those who make and appre- ciate contemporary art quilts: reveals today's lat- est works and designs (650+ photos), interviews with influencers, and creativity-inspiring insights on five top museums' collections. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 660 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-6475-4 • PB • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD New Directions: Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA • SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.) • This high-powered mix for all who make and appreciate contemporary art quilting begins the creativity-inspiring series Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA . Its book-and-journal-blend format with 350 photos reveals today’s latest work and designs and also serves as a long-term creative reference. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 350 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-5998-9 • PB • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD New Quilts: Interpretations & Innovations • Nancy Rae • 82 quilts juried into the Quilt National ’89 competition with text and comments by jurors to support and explain the selections. The book also has a retrospective of Quilt National’s first de- cade, demonstrating the variety of designs and an index of all artists and works for 10 years. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 110 quilts in color • 96 pp • 978-0-88740-157-2 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD OURstory Quilts: Human Rights Stories in Fabric • Susanne Miller Jones, Tom Berlin • To- day’s renewed interest in our basic rights has be- come part of popular culture and breaking news, and this colorful new way to approach human rights answers the demand for new perspectives on the issues. From the Mexican border to the #MeToo movement, 65 images made in fabric combine with personal stories and history. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 115 color photos • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-5797-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Portable Patchwork: The Women Pioneers of the Original Quick & Easy Quilting Method, with Projects for Today • Pamela Weeks • Quilt lovers, crafters, and historians will want to own this one-of-a-kind, lushly illustrated history of the cre- ative 1800s women who invented the time-saving quilt-as-you-go method. Developed to allow them to work in stolen snatches of time, the approach is timely today because it is portable. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 290 color images & patterns • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-6202-6 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos • Sandra Sider, Meg Cox • The insightful words of 97 contemporary quilt artists combine with evocative photos of their quarantine creations during the COVID-19 pandemic's first months. These visual and personal stories of concerns, de- spair, and ideas help connect our own experiences with pandemic to the larger world of creativity. • 8.5" × 10" (216 × 254 mm) • 100 color images • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-6201-9 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD The Quilt: New Directions for an American Tradition • Quilt National • A comprehensive and stimulating look at the best in contemporary quilt- ing through quilts selected for the Quilt National 1983 competition. The state of this lively art form is captured through comments made by the show’s artists and jurors, and by Michael James and Nancy Crow. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 95 photos • 80 pp • 978-0-916838-92-8 • PB • $10.95 / £9.99 / 16.95 CAD The Quilting Experience: A Celebration of Community and Patchwork Patterns • Victo- ria Findlay Wolfe, Meg Cox • Renowned quilt and fabric designer Victoria Findlay Wolfe invites all quilters to embrace their place in the one-of-a-kind community that quilting offers. For each of 12 life themes, such as "Friendship," "Aging," "Travel," and "Grief," make an original block and create an Experience Quilt rich with your personal narrative. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 300 color photos, diagrams, and patterns • 240 pp • 978-0-7643-6807-3 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD QUILTING: INSPIRATION