Quilts Among The Plain People

Author : Rachel T. Pellman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1680992635
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quilts among the Plain People written by Rachel T. Pellman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1981-12-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover why so many Amish and Mennonites, committed to a simple life, make beautiful quilts. This book looks at quilting in plain communities and the possible origins of quilt patterns popular among the Amish and Mennonites. Why do so many Amish and Mennonites who are devoutly committed to a simple, austere life make beautiful quilts? Why this splash of beauty? What are the favorite designs? How has quilting become a part of the very fabric of Amish and Mennonite life? What are basic how-tos of quiltmaking? "Quilting has survived among these frugal, simple people because a quilt is not only apiece of art. It is also functional."

Author : Janneken Smucker
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421410532
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amish Quilts written by Janneken Smucker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kiracofe, author of The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 "Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies"

Author : Robert Bishop
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gallery of Amish Quilts written by Robert Bishop and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jen Kingwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645076004
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quilt Recipes written by Jen Kingwell and published by . This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quilt Recipes is a brilliant pairing of captivating, pieced projects and family favourite deserts from her mum's kitchen. Enjoy the process of piecing and the challenge of finding, pairing, and arranging diverse patterns and countless colours together, especially those that make you uncomfortable. Savour each kitchen recipe that has been timelessly tested, lovingly passed down and now fondly shared with like-minded soul stitchers.12 brilliant patchwork projects paired with eight of Jen's mum's favourite, delectable dessert recipes. As quilters, stitchers and makers, we fill our souls with like-minded friendships, feed our souls with hand or machine stitching, and we love to treat ourselves and others to decadent desserts. Jen Kingwell's, Quilt Recipes, is a brilliant pairing of captivating pieced projects and delectable desserts. Whether you are a hand or machine piecer, one can relish in each recipe, whether it be a quilt or perhaps something sweet. Use a variety of patchwork techniques including, machine & hand piecing, hand applique, and hand quilting. Full-size paper patterns make template creation quick and simple. Acrylic template sets for six of the quilt patterns are sold separately.

Author : Jacqueline L. Tobin
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307790568
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden in Plain View written by Jacqueline L. Tobin and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. In Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad. In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams's narrative to unfold—and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew—Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery. Part adventure and part history, Hidden in Plain View traces the origin of the Charleston Code from Africa to the Carolinas, from the low-country island Gullah peoples to free blacks living in the cities of the North, and shows how three people from completely different backgrounds pieced together one amazing American story. With a new afterword. Illlustrations and photographs throughout, including a full-color photo insert.

Author : Margret Aldrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610605526
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Old Quilt written by Margret Aldrich and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of writings which pay tribute to quilts and quilting memories from different eras and authors.

Author : Richard Cleveland
Publisher : Quilt Digest Press
ISBN 13 : 9780844226309
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plain and Fancy written by Richard Cleveland and published by Quilt Digest Press. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 45 quilts that tell the story of Vermont and its quiltmakers from the frontier days of the 1700s to the end of World War II.

Author : Lynn Koolish
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1607057921
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amish Quilts, The Adventure Continues written by Lynn Koolish and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features 21 Amish-inspired quilts by some of today's top quilt designers—with simple patterns showing off beautiful solid fabrics. Thirty years after Roberta Horton’s classic, An Amish Adventure, introduced quilters to the joys of Amish quilting, the editors at C&T Publishing are proud to bring you the adventure's next chapter. Along with the 21 featured quilt projects, this volume includes a gallery of 17 more beautiful quilts and an introduction by Roberta herself on what makes a quilt Amish. Some of the quilt projects in this volume use traditional 19th-century patterns. Others offer distinctly modern takes on Amish ideas. They all celebrate the simplicity, the bold geometry, and the rich dark fabrics that give Amish quilts their ageless appeal.

Author : Gwen Marston
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486253260
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amish Quilting Patterns written by Gwen Marston and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes the history of Amish quilts, explains how to make and use patterns, and provides a selection of traditional quilting designs

Author : Janneken Smucker
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421410540
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amish Quilts written by Janneken Smucker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study on the history, meaning, art, and commerce of Amish quilts. Second Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Country stores in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and other tourist regions display row after row of handcrafted quilts. In luxury homes, office buildings, and museums, the quilts have been preserved and displayed as priceless artifacts. They are even pictured on collectible stamps. Amish Quilts explores how these objects evolved from practical bed linens into contemporary art. In this in-depth study, illustrated with more than 100 stunning color photographs, Janneken Smucker discusses what makes an Amish quilt Amish. She examines the value of quilts to those who have made, bought, sold, exhibited, and preserved them and how that value changes as a quilt travels from Amish hands to marketplace to consumers. A fifth-generation Mennonite quiltmaker herself, Smucker traces the history of Amish quilts from their use in the late nineteenth century to their sale in the lucrative business practices of today. Through her own observations as well as oral histories, newspaper accounts, ephemera, and other archival sources, she seeks to understand how the term “Amish” became a style and what it means to both quiltmakers and consumers. She also looks at how quilts influence fashion and raises issues of authenticity of quilts in the marketplace. Whether considered as art, craft, or commodity, Amish quilts reflect the intersections of consumerism and connoisseurship, religion and commerce, nostalgia and aesthetics. By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.