GALLERY OF AMERICAN QUILTS: 1860-1989: Book 2
American Quilting Society
If you want inspiration and if only American quilts will do, this is the book!
GALLERY OF AMISH QUILTS, A ($9.95)
(Design Diversity from a Plain People)
by Robert Bishop and Elizabeth Safanda
E.P. Dutton, NY 1976 (first published)
Great collection (150) of Amish quilts in color. Splendid black-and-white photographs of the Amish people and countryside. Also, a comprehensive introduction provides the cultural and aesthetic background for viewing these quilts.
GO WILD WITH QUILTS ($19.95)
by Margaret Rolfe
That Patchwork Place
This book has a lot of North American wildlife -- birds, squirrels, owls, black bears etc. It uses straightline piecing methods (no inset pieces) to create realistic looking animals and birds (cardinal, beaver, racoon etc.)
HAPPY ENDINGS
(Finishing the Edges of Your Quilt)
by Mimi Dietrich
That Patchwork Place 1987
Great book for ideas and instructions on finishing your quilt. This book belongs in every quilter's collection.
HEIRLOOM MACHINE QUILTING
by Harriet Hargrave
This is probably the best book available on machine quilting. A must!!
HOW TO DESIGN AND MAKE YOUR OWN QUILTS ($19.95)
by Katharine Guerrier
Mallard Press, 1991
Good book.
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR QUILTING STITCH
by Ami Simms
Mallery Press, Flint, Michigan
Great instructional book on perfecting hand quilting stitch.
JACKET JAZZ ($21.95)
by Judy Murrah
AQS
One woman in my guild made a jacket in it and just raved about the book. She said it was totally lucid, thorough, etc.
This book has a nifty way to make Prairie Points from a strip of fabric. I've tried it for trim on a vest and it was very easy.
This book has 5 wonderful jacket patterns in it. In the book, she shows how to do 36 different things to put on a jacket. A few will look very familiar to most quilters such as a strip of flying geese, though making it without cutting any triangles may be a new technique. Some such as woven prairie points I had never seen or heard mentioned before, though I know we have mentioned the standard prairie points before.
JAPANESE QUILTS ($24.95)
by Jill Liddell &Yuko Watanabe
E.P.Dutton, NY 1988
Beautiful collection of Japanese quilts, along with great stories.
MACHINE PIECING &QUILTING (Teach Yourself)
by Debra Wagner
Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA
Beginning with guidelines for choosing a sewing machine, using templates,
selecting and preparing fabrics for quilting; guides you with friendly,
step-by-step instructions.
MY MOTHER'S QUILTS/DESIGNS FROM THE THIRTIES
by Sara Nephew,
That Patchwork Place
I love this one -- it really got me into 30s quilts -- and it's my inspiration, since I just purchased two 30s tops that need batting, backing,etc.
MORE LAP QUILTING
by Georgia Bonesteel
There is an "Offset Maple Leaf" pattern in this book also complete with templates. This particular block contains one large maple leaf and three little maple leaves, all pointing in the same direction. Personally, I think she does one odd thing with this block, namely leveling off the bottom of the leaves. But that's easily fixed. And as a definite amateur, I probably shouldn't be questioning the wisdom of quilting teacher.
MEMORY QUILTS: DELIGHTFUL WAYS TO CAPTURE TODAY FOREVER
by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan
I picked up a couple books to give me ideas when I was designing and constructing one for my parents' 50th wedding anniversary.
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