Quilt Culture

Author: Cheryl B. Torsney
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826209634
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
"As a blanket, a commemorative covering, and a work of art, the quilt is a nearly universal cultural artifact. In recent years it has been recognized as one of our most compelling symbols of cultural diversity and the power of women. In this collection, Cheryl B. Torsney and Judy Elsley bring together eleven provocative essays on the quilt as metaphor--in literature, history, politics, and philosophy. This interdisciplinary approach makes Quilt Culture an extraordinarily rich exploration of a cultural artifact whose meaning is far more complex than that of a simple bed covering."--Publishers website.

Quilt the Beloved Country

Author: Jenny Williamson
Publisher: American Quilter's Society
ISBN: 9781574329896
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Pat and Jenny are the doyennes of African quilting. Known for their use of bold, vibrant colors in quilts with a distinctive style, in Quilt the Beloved Country the sisters carry their love for South Africa onto the sewing table. Using predominantly applique, both hand and machine, they show a gallery of 19 quilts interspersed with photographs of the land, people, flora, and fauna that surround them and influence their designs. They then provide patterns for 13 quilt projects and a few dolls, showing the inspirational photograph with each project so quilters may take off on their own creative wings. Jenny and Pat make their home in Johannesburg, South Africa, and have taught internationally, including at the American Quilter's Society Quilt Show and Contest in Paducah, Kentucky. AQS was the publisher for their book, Quilt Africa, in 2004.

African American Quilting

Author: Sule Greg C. Wilson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823918546
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Explains the symbolism, stories, and family meaning that make American quilting a rich art form; includes the how-to of quilting; and touches on other crafts of the African-American tradition, offering readers a chance to cultivate their own artistic talents.

The Quilter's Catalog

Author: Meg Cox
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761138815
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 628

Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.

Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea

Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060099534
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
A resonant, powerful collection from one of America’s preeminent poets. In Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Nikki Giovanni turns her pen to nature and the environment, the might and grace of women, her battle with cancer, the relationships between mothers and daughters, the state of the nation, and more.

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters

Author: Patricia Ann Turner
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604736465
Category : African American quiltmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description

Everyday Use

Author: Alice Walker
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813520766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.

Quilt of Souls

Author: Phyllis Lawson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781507789759
Category : African American quiltmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When four year old Phyllis Lawson is sent to live with her grandmother in Alabama, she has no idea what to expect. What she finds is inspirationthe catalyst for everything good to come. She needed a miracle, and that miracle took the form of a tattered old quilt--a family heirloom stitched together from the clothes of her grandmothers loved ones, telling the tragic stories of their lives and deaths. Born in 1883, Grandma Lula lived to be 103 years old and overcame the ugliness of racism through creating beautiful quilts. She quilted as a way to bring healing into the world, and working on this quilt created something even more powerful: an impenetrable bond between Grandmother and Granddaughter--From author's website.

South Africa

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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 718

Book Description

Show Way

Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399237496
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
Winner of a Newbery Honor! Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free -- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read. From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.