Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe

Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe

Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe

Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe

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Overview

This essential book for all quilters and quilt collectors tells the fascinating story of quilting around the world, illuminated by the international quilt community’s top experts and more than 300 glorious color photographs. Covering Japan, China, Korea, and India; England, Ireland, France, and The Netherlands; Australia, Africa, Central America, North America, and beyond, Quilts Around the World explores both the diversity and common threads of quilting. Discover Aboriginal patchwork from Australia, intricate Rallis from the Middle East, Amish and Hawaiian quilts from the United States, Sashiko quilts from Japan, vivid Molas from Central America, and art quilts from every corner of the globe. Also included are twenty patchwork and applique patterns to use in your own quilt projects, inspired by designs from the world’s most striking quilts.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610600910
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Publication date: 11/21/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 742,023
File size: 52 MB
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About the Author

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi is one of the world\u2019s most influential African American quilt historians and quilting artists. Her quilts are in numerous important collections, including the Smithsonian, and she has been featured on programs such as The Today Show and CBS Sunday Morning. Dr. Mazloomi is the founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network, a major force in fostering quiltmaking in the African American community, and she has curated many museum exhibits. Her current exhibit, \u201cTextural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition: Contemporary African American Quilts,\u201d can be seen at the American Folk Art Museum in New York. She lives in West Chester, Ohio.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Spike Gillespie is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including Quilting Art: Inspiration, Ideas&Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters and Quilty As Charged: Undercover in the Material World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Real Simple, Fiber Arts, and many other publications. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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