| Title | : | Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers |
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| ISBN | : | 0803263465 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780803263468 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 245 |
| Publication | : | First published March 1, 1991 |
Valued as practical household items, admired as works of painstaking artistic creation, cherished as family heirlooms, our quilts also tell much about who we are, how we live, and what we believe. The 103 quilts featured here (all drawn from the Nebraska Quilt Project survey) exemplify more than a century and a quarter of quiltmaking, from the territorial period to the 1980s. The descriptions of the patterns, materials, and quiltmaking techniques are rounded out with biographical sketches of the quiltmakers—women, children, and men whose stories are as varied as the quilts they made. Quiltmakers, quilt collectors, and those who simply admire quilts will treasure this compendium of Nebraska’s quiltmaking traditions.
Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers Reviews
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If you like to read about quilts and their history, you are in for a treat. The state of Nebraska funded a project to catalog quilts made by residents in a format that describes not only the quilt, but also the quiltmaker. The pictures are excellent and the writing makes you want to know all the quilters and their families personally. A copy of this book was placed in every public library in Nebraska. In Minnesota, you will have to inter-library loan it from the University of Minnesota. I could not put it down!
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Absolutely spectacular quilts. I don't bother to buy a lot of quilt books any more, but this one stands out.
