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** Amish **


AMISH ADVENTURE, AN (A Workbook for Color in Quilts) ($15.95)
by Roberta Horton
C&T Publishing, Lafyette, CA 1983

Very good book.

AMISH QUILT, THE ($45)
by Eve Wheatcroft Grannick
1989, Good Books, Intercourse Pennsylvania

Not only beautiful Amish quilts, but also their stories and a view on the communities and eras from which they come. A great body of information about the Amish and their textile traditions. Facts presented through interviews and conversations with Amish families and with people whose lives have touched the Amish people, including many who sold fabrics to these seamstresses.

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.

SMALL AMISH QUILT PATTERNS
by Rachel Pellman
Good Books, Intercourse, PA 1985

Patterns for making small amish quilts.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE
by Sue Bender

She tells of her fascination with the vibrant colors and stunning geometric simplicity of the Amish quilts. The quilts "spoke directly to me...they went straight to my heart." I highly recommend the book. It was after reading her book that I started learning how to quilt.
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