The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form
Here is the largest, most comprehensive history of American quilts ever published! The Quilt explores the evolution of quilting in America, showing in vivid colors and patterns how African American, Amish, Hawaiian, Hmong, and Native American quilts celebrate cultural identity, and how quilts connect us to one another through quilting bees and other community groups. Noted quilt historian Elise Schebler Roberts also goes beyond the historical nature of quilts to cover current efforts at quilt...
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The largest, most comprehensive history of American quilts ever published, The Quilt explores the evolution of quilting in America. Author Elise Schebler Roberts traces the path of the quilt’s history, from colonial whole cloth quilts to Victorian Crazies, and Depression-era patchwork to quilts of the present day, relating the stories behind these treasures and the people who stitched them together.The Quilt is gloriously illustrated with more than 200 full-color photographs of classic collectible quilts, black-and-white historical photos of quilters, and vintage quilting memorabilia including pattern booklets, advertisements, posters, postcards, and more. Contributors include accomplished quilters and authors Alex Anderson, Patricia Cox, Sandra Dallas, Helen Kelley, Jean Ray Laury, and Ami Simms. The Quilt is one book no quilter will want to be without.Quilter’s Newsletter, April 2008 “Investigate the evolution of quilting in America with one of the most comprehensive histories ever published!”
ContentsIntroductionPart I: A History and CelebrationChapter 1 Old World and Eastern Traditions Chapter 2 Quilting in a New World Chapter 3 Commemorative Quilting Chapter 4 Quilting for Social Change Chapter 5 Quilting for Identity Chapter 6 Quilting in Communities Chapter 7 Quilting for Life and Death Chapter 8 Quilts as Gifts Chapter 9 Quilts on Display Chapter 10 Quilting as Business Chapter 11 Sharing the Knowledge Part II: An Encyclopedia of Classic Quilt Styles Appliqué Art Quilts Crazy Quilts Embroidered Quilts Kit Quilts Friendship and Memory Quilts Patchwork Quilts Whole Cloth and Trapunto Quilts Part III Saving and Studying Our QuiltsCollecting Quilts Taking Care of Quilts Studying Quilts Preserving and Exhibiting QuiltsElise Schebler Roberts is a quilt historian and writer who has been quilting for nearly twenty years. She is on the roster of Minnesota Folk Artists and the Minnesota Quilter’s Guild, and she also works to preserve historic quilts as a member of the Minnesota Quilt Project. Previously the Curator of Education at the State Historical Society of Iowa, she is now working toward her doctorate in art and history while teaching art history and humanities at Minnesota School of Business. Elise has written numerous articles and is a contributing author to Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past, and Around the Quilt Frame, both published by Voyageur Press. She lives in the Twin Cities. Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts Novels Series.
\ From the PublisherBlackThread.blogspot.com, Oct. 15, 2007 (blog readers unavailable)\ “It’s magnificent!”\ Quilter's Newsletter, April 2008\ "Investigate the evolution of quilting in America with one of the most comprehensive histories ever published. The book moves from the discussion of the historical nature of quilts to current efforts at quilt preservation. Features include more than 200 full-color photographs and an encyclopedia of quilt styles, from applique to crazy, pieced to art, scrappy to whole cloth. Essays by Jean Ray Laury, Patricia Cox and Alex Anderson, to name a few, highlight the complexity and beauty of America's quilting tradition."\ Clinton Courier, Nov. 7, 2007\ “Two new non-fiction books you might want to preview could make a good holiday gift are: The Quilt: A History and Celebration of an American Art Form.”\ \ \
