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** Inspirational **
AMERICA'S TRADITIONAL CRAFTS ($95)
by Robert Shaw
Macmillan, N.Y. 1993.
Wonderful book. Wonderful color photos...quilts and a lot more...
very oversize... BEAUTIFUL...
COLLECTOR SCRAP QUILTS
(Book II in the Collector Quilt Series)
by Marti Michell
American School of Needlework, San Marcos, CA 1992
Second book in the collector series that features design inspiration from
antique quilts.
Pretty good instructional book.
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!
JAPANESE QUILTS ($24.95)
by Jill Liddell &Yuko Watanabe
E.P.Dutton, NY 1988
Beautiful collection of Japanese quilts.
QUILTING AND INFLUENCES ($29.95)
by Nancy Crow
AQS, Paducah, KY
Nancy, with the help of lots of pictures, explains how she uses her
instinctive eye for color and design to create quilt art. 256 pages offer
more than 300 photos, most in full color arangement showing Nancy's use
of color and unusual fabrics. She also talks about her family and how
they influenced her life as far as quilting is concerned.
Good coffee table book.
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