books about "quilting" on amazon.com
- Complete Guide to Quilting - by Better Homes & Gardens
- The Frugal Fabriholic: Your 12-Step Plan to Saving More Cash for Your Quilting Stash - by Maria Peagler
- Machine Quilting Made Easy - by Maurine Noble
- Quilting For Dummies - by Cheryl Fall
- Scrap Therapy Cut the Scraps!: 7 Steps to Quilting Your Way through Your Stash - by Joan Ford
- Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration - by Malka Dubrawsky
- Quilting Designs from the Past: 300+ Designs from 1810-1940 - by Jenny Carr Kinney
- Foolproof Machine Quilting: Learn to Use Your Walking Foot Paper-Cut Patterns for No Marking, No Math Simple Stitching for Stunning Results - by Mary Mashuta
- Modern Log Cabin Quilting: 25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects - by Susan Beal
- 200 Quilting Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets: An Indispensable Reference of Technical Know-How and Troubleshooting Tips - by Susan Briscoe
Articles on One of a Kind Quilts
| CURRENTS | Q&A; Quilting With a Hard Edge in Mind Boo Davis likes to say that she makes quilts ''just like your metal-loving, half-blind grandma would.'' An Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica and all-around thrash-metal fan from way back, Ms. Davis, 36, became an alt-craft darling by using traditional quilting techniques to create head-banging designs featuring skulls or a devil horn's hand sign, under the |
| THE REMIX; Patch, Patch, Patch: The Art of Quilting Finally Gets Its Due Its football team may have had a disappointing season, but the University of Nebraska can now brag about its world-class quilt museum. The Lincoln campus's International Quilt Study Center and Museum was designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and largely funded by Robert and Ardis James, a couple from Chappaqua, N.Y., who have been collecting |
| TV Networks' Schedule Competition Is Starting to Resemble a Quilting Bee With favorite scripted shows like ''Desperate Housewives,'' ''The Office'' and ''CSI'' now out of fresh episodes, the strike-torn network television season is starting to look like the National Football League around 1987, when ''replacement players'' took over the league for three weeks during a walkout by the real players. But the games counted |
| Cuesta Benberry, 83, Historian of Quilting Cuesta Benberry, one of the leading historians and archivists of American quilting, whose research made it clear that the contribution of black artists to the form reflected more than patterns drawn from their African roots, died on Aug. 23 in St. Louis. She was 83. Her death was announced by the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan, to which, in |
| CURRENTS: QUILTING; Cards in a Good Cause or Seven At the Winter Antiques Show a few years ago, the interior designer Susan Zises Green bought an 1890 American quilt called ''The Return,'' with 56 embroidered and appliquéd squares. ''I have it in Connecticut at the end of the foyer,'' she said. A foundation is offering 16 cards, like the one above, based on parts of the quilt, for $22 plus |
| CURRENTS: WHO KNEW?; In a Time of Stress, Knitting and Quilting Perhaps it's the time for knitting or quilting, which offer a chance to be with others while being productive. ''Knitting is meditative and calming,'' said Marjorie Forman, an owner of Downtown Yarns, a new East Village store where you can buy yarn, from cotton to cashmere, and take knitting courses at all levels. Taught by experts, they consist of |
| By Design; Quilting Bee Quilted clothes and accessories are in for a revival this fall. But the newest versions aren't in the bulky ''Michelin tire man'' mode. They have a sleek look in keeping with the current trend for closer-to-the-body silhouettes. Bergdorf Goodman has narrow quilted vests in black by Shin Choi ($215) and Uniform ($160) and an ivory jacket by Drizzle |
| Curious Comfort In the Traditional Art Of Quilting QUILTS being created by artists these days have sometimes stolen the limelight, but the old-fashioned quilts that were their harbingers still have their followers. The Fairfield Historical Society, motivated by a recent acquisition, decided to show its permanent collection of quilts, most of them 19th century, in an exhibition called ''Pieces and |
| Calendar; Quilting Exhibitions, Craft Classes and a Fair Quilt Artists, Plus One Museum of American Folk Art, Columbus Avenue at 65th Street; (212) 595-9533. Two exhibitions open on Saturday and continue through Sept. 27. The first, ''Edge to Edge: Selections From Studio Art Quilt Associates,'' features 20 quilts made in the last 10 years by members of the quilt associates, a nonprofit organization. The |
| ART REVIEW; Unexpected Vistas In Quilting by Men Back in 1991, the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington unanimously approved the concept of a National African-American Museum, to open in the Arts and Industries building on the Mall. Legislation authorizing the museum was, however, repeatedly turned down in Congress, and the project as envisioned remains unrealized. In |
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