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In this pioneering publication, Winterthur's renowned quilt collection is presented through dazzling color photographs that showcase rich fabrics and skillful needlework techniques. The letters of twenty-three-year-old Mary Remington, a dedicated quilt maker, and the extraordinary whitework quilt she made in 1815—the only known example of an American quilted coat of arms—provide themes for the book, which looks at the quilts through the lives of their makers. Among the reproductions included—many are being seen here for the first time—are quilts that express religious faith or commemorate marriages and other family connections; quilts in support of political candidates, made by women who could not vote; quilted bedspreads with matching quilted valances and dressing-table covers pictured in room settings; and much more.
This exquisite presentation provides a rare opportunity to view the strengths of the Winterthur quilt collection—highlighting examples from the period of the early American republic—and to understand how the economics and politics of the time affected quilt materials and design in the early nineteenth century.
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Historical perspective on quilting focusing on the collection of H. F. DuPont @ Winterthur.......2007-06-05
My wife is a "quilter". While I was on the East Coast attending a family reunion, one of my cousins, with whom I was staying, asked if I wanted to join her in a tour of Winterthur, close to where she lives. I accepted the invitation and totally enjoyed it especially the quilt collection there. I am not a quilter myself - there are some males interested in and "artists" in this art form, but I have become acquainted with it through my wife's interest in it. When I saw this book, examined it and checked out other's reviews of it, I decided it would make a nice birthday gift for my wife. I liked the fact that it dealt with the history of this art form here in the US, the quilt makers of particular quilts, and the progression of technique in "constructing" them. To me it would appeal to my wife's knowledge of this art form through the collection of the H. F. DuPont family.
A Chance to See Magnificent Quilts from the Winterthur Collection.......2007-03-17
"Quilts from a material world" is a long-awaited opportunity to view some of the finest quilts in Winterthur's collections, but also to have them expertly placed in social, economic, mercantile, and political context by Linda Eaton's well-researched and readable narrative. This book is a must for quilt and fabric historians, American history buffs, and members of the general reading public who are interested in knowing more about American material culture (in both senses of the word "material"). It is an excellent contribution to the study of fabrics and quilts.
beautiful and fascinating.......2007-01-26
i have barely had time to savour this book. there is so much to interest quilters and non-quilters that it is hard to know where to start to review.
the photographs of the quilts are wonderful, with lots of details. the textile history is thorough and accurate, including a fascinating section on the different techniques of putting pattern on cloth. the history of the quilters is, yes, fascinating, including letters written by one quilter to her fiance and later husband in the early part of the 19th century.
anyone interested in early america, early manufacturing, and the lives of our forebears will enjoy this book as much as any quilter.
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This idea-filled resource for quilting designs contains 150 full size patterns of designs including holiday, children's, sports, geometric, miniature, nautical, and traditional. AUTHORBIO: Linda Goodmon Emery began quilting in 1975 and specializes in original design quilts, both full-sized and miniature. She is a National Quilting Association certified Master Quilter, awarded for her quilt, Rosemaling Inspiration. Numerous awards have been given to Linda in the American Quilter's Society shows and other national and local competitions. REVIEW: A reviewer from Denver, CO says, 'I am a machine quilter and very new to the skill. This book has a wonderfully wide array of patterns from easy to advanced. It also has many different sizes as well as the instructions on how to vary the size should you need to. This is not a book of the same old quilting patterns. She breaks down her patterns into chapters based on themes, and she covers it all from mini quilts, to seasonal, or babies, or masculine, or ethnic themes (just to name a few)....'
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A Treasury of Quilting Designs.......2004-10-23
i was disappointed with this book...i was hoping for more designs for which i could use continuous line machine quilting...i do, however, think this is a good book for hand quilting designs.
THE MOST CONCISE, WELL-LAID-OUT QUILTING DESIGN BOOK.......2003-09-13
I have ever encountered. A large 14" x 11", which allows for small, large and cornered designs of various categories including borders, backgrounds, traditional, special shapes, designs from different countries, holiday designs, and much more! The designs are printed ON ONE SIDE ONLY which is extremely helpful when one wishes to use a page on a lightbox, as only one design shows through. The spiraled binding is a superb plus since it enables the pages to be laid out separately for scan or lightbox use. So easy to use, scores of designs to choose from, ECONOMICALLY PRICED (so much more for the money than any other book I have researched).....Ms. Emery has done all of the work to make it easy for us. Thank you, Linda Goodmon Emery, for providing a fine product for quilters.
A MUST HAVE book of quilting patterns.......2003-05-06
I am a machine quilter and VERY new to the skill. This book has a wonderfully wide array of patterns from easy to advanced. It also has many different sizes as well as the instructions on how to vary the size should you need to. This is not a book of the same old quilting patterns.!!! She breaks down her patterns into chapters based on themes, and she covers it all from mini quilts, to seasonal, or babies, or masculine, or ethnic themes (just to name a few) Additionally the book is spiral bound, larger than normal size AND the patterns are all only on one side of the page. You can't lose with this book!!
the most quilting designs ever in one book.......2002-09-26
I have never seen so many quilting designs in one book,let alone the fact that they are so beautiful.There are designs for every occasion.I love that this book is spiral bound for tracing or copying.There are even measurements for every design which takes out the guesswork of which designs will fit your paticular space.The borders are exceptional and each has a least one center block design to go with it,some have several.If you only bought one design book this one could be the only one you would ever need.
Quilting designs.......2002-04-17
This is a great book to take you beyond basic quilt designs. All of the borders have the corners drawn out for you, which really makes it easier. The designs are drawn to fit in typical-sized blocks and borders, but I haven't found it quite as useful for whole-cloth quilts. There are lots of patterns for different themes, and I liked the different designs for background and filler quilting. My favorite has to be the birds and worms. I highly recommend this book.
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- A useful, different and lovely book
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Ask Helen More About Quilting Designs (Dear Helen)
Helen Squire
Manufacturer: American Quilter's Society
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Helen Squire's second book features sashing, squares, corners, kids, shapes, and grids II - 100 patterns in all. Also includes answers to commonly asked questions. AUTHORBIO: Well-known author and lecturer is best-known for her Dear Helen quilting book series. REVIEW: This reference guide contains thousands of listings and values for every type of cookbook imaginable, and includes biographies on culinary experts, color photographs, and chapters on the most popular cookbooks.
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A useful, different and lovely book.......1999-09-05
This is the first time I have discovered this author. I look forward to buying more in the future.
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"One of the most useful books to cover the whole of the field...Mr. Ford is to be congratulated on having produced a work that should stand the test of time."—Carpet Review Weekly
In this comprehensive survey, P. R. J. Ford shows readers how to recognize the different structural and design features of oriental rugs and carpets. The designs are grouped according to their essential characteristics. This approach illuminates the cultural background of each, revealing at once the similarities and the differences between the various carpet-weaving areas
Illustrations of modern types, with descriptions of their key characteristics—construction, materials, sizes, colors—and of the clues that establish a rug's precise origins, appear together with a balanced appraisal of the qualities of modern production from towns, villages, and tribal areas. Extensive cross-referencing and detailed indexes make this an invaluable reference guide for dealers and collectors, and for anyone who has an appreciation of and interest in rugs. 800+ illustrations and photographs, 400 in color.
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Oriental Carpet Design.......2007-02-17
This is an excellent book to find all the information one needs on Persian and Oriental carpets. Very informative, and beautiful colour plates.
This is a terrific resource.......2005-08-11
This book has the best information I've found on distinguing one type of rug from another. Many books give information about the major types of rugs...they're a dime a dozen. Ford breaks everything down into what specific tribes and villages weave, and tells us what the weavers use for warps and wefts, distinguishing colors, area motifs and designs, and more.
This book is definitely academic in nature, but this is exactly the kind of fact-filled information I've been searching for. I had thought I would find it in Peter Stone's works, but even Stone's 2004 book on motifs does not come close to what Ford did twenty years ago. I currently own about 50 books on oriental rugs, and Ford's book offers the most comprehensive, detailed information of any of them.
If you want to move from being a novice to becoming a more knowledgeable buyer and rug lover, you will want this book.
An Excellent Textbook.......2004-07-21
I collect Oriental rugs and Oriental rug books. This book is not for the beginner, but is meant for in-depth study of the subject of Oriental rugs. As you read you are directed to other pages for study and comparison. This is a time consuming but valuable process. If one wants to really study Oriental rugs this book can elevate you from beginner to a person who is comfortable with the subject and able to talk with experts. I used this book as a self teaching text book and loved it.
Wonderful!.......2003-11-23
I bought this book after going to the library and checking out a number of carpet books - I was looking for a reference that would teach me some of the history of rug making and the people who make these incredible pieces of art as well as the practical side such as what to look for in a rug. This book is great at teaching about the different types of rugs. There are color pictures on every page, there are drawings of specific patterns so you can see specifically what make a rug one type rather than another, there are uncommon examples of types of rugs shown, etc. Its quite a good book (which is why I bought it after returning the library copy). This book is ok at teaching about the history/people or about how to tell a good quality rug - the intro goes into some good detail about things like knot types, weaves, use of synthetic dyes, chinese rugs etc but it's a fanatsic guide to decoding the different traditional motifs and patterns. I'm giving it 4 stars rather than 5 only because the text is so dry and they don't really give the stories - they give more dry facts such as this type of rug was woven in this manufacturing/village setting in x,y,z town. It would have been niceto have more details about the people and about the symbolism of the motifs. But, like I said, I knew all that before I bought the book since I had checked t out at the library. I use this book to augment others that I ended up buying that do tell more of the stories.
Good.......2003-10-21
Bought with 'Oriental Carpets; A Complete Guide'. I like both, they compliment each other. But if had to pick, would take 'Complete Guide'.
Book Description
The origins, traditions and symbolism of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-national examples over the past 500 years. This classic book now in its first English edition traces quilts across Europe and Asia and through the growing textile industry of North America. Color and black-and-white photographs show beautiful applique and Amish quilts as well as crazy-quilts, bridal and friendship quilts and more. Examples represent historical and contemporary prize-winning designs. The author provides an extensive bibliography in hopes that it will foster more extensive research into the interesting background of patchwork art. Quilt collectors, dealers, and makers, as well as textile artists and designers will find interesting explanations of the designs. They will also find inspiration for their own work in this beautiful book.
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'It's not a quilt until it's quilted' and 'How do I quilt it?' are two statements often heard among quilting enthusiasts and quiltmakers. The ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DESIGNS FOR QUILTING by Phyllis D. Miller is the first comprehensive reference of traditional quilting designs. Quiltmakers, quilt documentors, and historians/researchers will find this book a valuable tool. Phyllis documented 375 traditional quilting designs from texts and quilt collections. For quiltmakers, the front section of the book is a how-to guide with over 500 illustrations for drawing and transferring traditional designs onto quilt tops. Some of the diagrams are: straight lines, geometrics and triangles; squares and circles; diagonals and diamonds; ovals, crescents, and curves; ropes and cables; hearts and feathers; and representational, naturalistic, designs taken from a quilt pattern, and combination designs. In the back section, the Numerical Index has numbers assigned to the designs for easy documentation and reference. Phyllis's quilt designs have helped her win numerous awards in quilt competitions. You'll find the tools in the ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR DESIGNS FOR QUILTING will help you create your own designs and make your quilts ribbon winners, too! AUTHORBIO: Phyllis D. Miller has been making quilts since the summer of 1968. She has made numerous quilts and wallhangings since that beginning. Her quilts have been exhibited and won awards on the local, state,and national levels. Phyllis graduated from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, in 1963 with a B.S. in business administration. She is well known in the quilt world as a teacher and for her organizational abiltities. REVIEW: Miller, an experienced quilter who has been closely involved with the Kentucky Quilt Registry documentation project, here sets out to categorize quilting designs by shape, to assign names to the designs based on their use in the literature of quilting, and to teach the best methods for drawing.
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A to Z Quilting Designs.......2006-08-15
This is an excellent "how-to" on just about everything pertaining to quilting designs. Instructions are illustrated and written not just on how to draft the design/s - but how to mark your quilt with the design - suggestions on where they might fit appropriately on your particular quilt top. She gives you a listing of the tools you will need to do each particular design, helpful hints, and much more. The variety of designs ranges from the common to the more unusual. The manual also includes a numerical listing of the quilt designs using a numbering system similar to the one used by Barbara BBrackman in her "Encyclopedia of Applique." If you only plan on purchasing one book of quilting designs you can't go wrong with this one!
Encyclopedia of Designs for Quilting.......2004-11-21
New quilters to seasoned hand quilters will benefit from this book. The how-to part of the book is thorough and plentiful. Keep in mind that it was published in 1996, and the tools and methods described are traditional, similar to those used by our ancestors in quilting.
This encyclopedia of quilting designs completes what B. Brackman started with her encyclopedias on pieced and appliqué patterns. I will definitely bring this book with me to future documentation activities. This book will help train my eye to see the various patterns on a quilt and identify them in my memory so that I will see all the patterns on a quilt. A more in-depth look will be my gain.
Every quiltemaker must own this book...........1999-12-15
I have been a quiltmaker for 6 years now, but have yet to become a good quilter until I read this book. In just one evening, I was able to draft a border pattern using the box from Stovetop Stuffing and draw it on my current quilt project, a double 9-patch. I actually teach quilting but never got very intricate with my quilting stitches. I can now do feathers and cables with ease. I will refer to this book forever and will never need another for designing quilting patterns and getting ideas for future quilts. This book is entirely focused on the quilting stitches where most quilting books give you that info. as an afterthought. Thanks Phyllis D. Miller! I will now have some real heirlooms for my children.
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Chanel Jewlery (Universe of Design)
FranCois Baudot
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Chanel (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
ASIN: 0789304686
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Book Description
One of the most visible personalities of her era, Gabrielle Chanel invented a style that was synonymous with modernity and chic. What is perhaps less well known is that the grande dame of twentieth-century fashion used platinum and diamonds to create an exceptional collection of the finest jewelry. This daring experiment is currently a new source of inspiration for Chanel, which through its fine jewelry department in the Place Vendme in Paris, is once again demonstrating the art of creating and wearing exceptional jewelry. The adventure is both classic and contemporary and perpetuates one of the greatest names of the century.
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More than 160 inspiring designs, representing a wide range of Native American cultures, have been assembled by Dr. Joyce Mori, a well-known anthropologist. These patterns can be found on pottery and rugs, and they are used in beading, jewelry, and other crafts and are perfect for quilting motifs. The book spans the time from prehistory to the present, and where possible, the patterns have been identified by tribe or region. They are arranged by categories: small designs, designs for specific shapes, border designs, and whole-cloth designs. The patterns are presented as a series of elements that can be combined with others to produce new designs, such as adding a pima basket motif to a northwest coast drum design for a totally new composition. The author gives strategies for working with the quilting patterns and shows how she has developed or changed them. In addition to discovering many beautiful and unusual hand-quilting motifs, the reader will also find a section of continuous line patterns for machine quilting. AUTHORBIO: Joyce received a National Quilting Association grant to study the use of Native American designs by quilters. This study directly led to Joyce writing five books. She has now written over a dozen books and 70 articles on quilting subjects. Quilting appeals to Joyce for the aspects of encouraging creativity, playing with color combinations, learning new techniques, observing all the wonderful quilts made by quilters, and enjoying non-harmful sensory overload. REVIEW: From this well-known anthropologist come more than 160 inspiring designs from prehistory to the present. Found on pottery and rugs, these unique designs make perfect quilting patterns. Enjoy hand-quilting motifs as well as continuous-line patterns for machine quilting. A variety of styles include geometrics, animals, florals, and abstracts.
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INSPIRING!.......2000-12-01
A very wide range of native american designs are in this book. Very easy to understand and use. Quilting designs, and easily traced and enlarged templates.
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Curve Patch Quilts Made Easy: 18 Designs Featuring New Techniques
Trice Boerens
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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This creative approach to quilting involves adding curved seams to the traditional quilt, allowing for endless design possibilities. Expert quilter Trice Boerens leads readers through the traditional curve patch quilt and explores the multitude of possibilities this technique can offer.
New techniques are introduced to make curve patch sewing easier and faster, with instruction on how to make accurate templates, clip concave curves, and match raw edges. Quilters will follow step-by-step instructions and patterns for 15 beautiful curve patch quilts in themes such as Hearts and Flowers, Blowing in the Wind, Made-to-Order Borders and Four Seasons.
-Offers easier and faster techniques for curve patch quilting -Step-by-step instruction and patterns for 15 curve patch quilts -Featured themes are Hearts and Flowers, Blowing in the Wind, Made-to-Order Borders and Four Seasons
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Exquisite Quilt Designs!.......2005-09-22
If you're looking for some innovative ways to enhance your piecing skills, this is the book for you! Author Trice Boerens shows how adding just a few curves to quilt blocks can significantly change the look from clumsy and rigid to natural and flowing. See sailboats, hearts, butterflies, flowers and more come to life with this simple method of curved piecing. From full-size bed quilts to smaller baby quilts and wall hangings, this book offers exquisite designs that push beyond the norm of traditional quilt designs, but are not as radical as some of the wild art quilts. The look is clean and contemporary. And with 125 full-color how-to illustrations and 75 full-size piecing templates, plus more than 60 photos, you'll be able to handle any curves that are thrown at you!
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