Archive for July, 2011

American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940: The International Quilt Study Center Collections

Friday, July 29th, 2011
Product Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has remarked, “Much of the social history of early America has been lost to us precisely because women were expected to use needles rather than pens.” This book, part of the multivolume series of the International Quilt Study Center collections, recovers a swath of that lost history and shows us some of America’s treasured material culture as it was pieced and stitched into place. American Quilts in the… More >>

Price: $71.23



June Tailor 12-Inch-by-18-Inch Shape Cut Plus Ruler

Thursday, July 28th, 2011
  • For use with your rotary cutter with rotary cutting mat
  • Just cut strips, then turn for complete squares, triangles, diamonds, chevrons, and hexagons
  • Layer and cut multiple fabrics for a quick cut for class projects and kits
  • Measures 12 by 18 inches
Product Description
Shape Cut Rotary Cutting Tool is for use with your rotary cutter and rotary cutting mat (each sold separately). Just cut strips, then turn for complete squares, triangles, diamonds, chevrons, and hexagons. You can even cut several layers of fabric at the same time. Can cut 1/4 inch strips. Tool measures: 12 by 18 inches…. More >>

Price: $29.51



Wild Card Quilt: Taking a Chance on Home

Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Product Description
Seventeen years after leaving home “for good,” self-sufficient single mother Janisse Ray leaves her comfortable life in Montana to revisit her cracker origins. Craving a life built on “land, history, and blood,” she moves into the family’s rundown 1920s farmhouse in Baxley, Georgia. There she rediscovers the nearly lost pleasures of country life – a Thanksgiving syrup boil, alligator trapping, and neighbors – as well as family skirmishes. Wild Card Quilt is the stor… More >>

Price: $8.94



Quilts of Prince Edward Island: The Fabric of Rural Life

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Product Description
Quiltmaking has long been associated with the culture of tiny Prince Edward Island on Canada’s east coast. Nearly twenty years ago, Sherrie Davidson launched her Heirloom Quilt Survey, dedicated to preserving the history of quiltmaking on Prince Edward Island. Quilts of Prince Edward Island-The Fabric of Rural Life presents the results of Davidson’s work in a lushly illustrated, scrapbook-style volume, complete with excerpts from diaries and news stories, and discus… More >>

Price: $25.55



The Keeping Quilt

Monday, July 25th, 2011
Product Description
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A homemade quilt ties together the lives of six generations of the author’s immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith…. More >>

Price: $5.06



The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
  • ISBN13: 9780486239903
  • Condition: New
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Product Description
Colossal spectacle preserved in 128 rare, vintage photographs with concise, fact-filled text: 200 buildings — 79 of foreign governments, 38 of U.S. states — the original ferris wheel, first midway, Edison’s kinetoscope, much more. 128 black-and-white photographs. Captions. Map. Index…. More >>

Price: $5.92



The 2011-2016 World Outlook for Comforters and Quilts Made from Purchased Materials

Monday, July 18th, 2011
Product Description
This econometric study covers the world outlook for comforters and quilts made from purchased materials across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vis others. Using econo… More >>

Price: $795.00



The 2009-2014 World Outlook for Comforters and Quilts Made from Purchased Materials

Monday, July 18th, 2011
Product Description
This econometric study covers the world outlook for comforters and quilts made from purchased materials across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econ… More >>

Price: $795.00



Passing On The Comfort : The War, The Quilts, and the Women Who Made a Difference

Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Product Description
This book will inspire women everywhere not to turn aside from helping others, in little ways and ordinary ways. Illustrated pictures of 19 work-worn quilts…. More >>

Price: $7.94



Trip Around the World Quilts

Friday, July 15th, 2011
Product Description
An instruction book for making the template, marking and cutting the fabric and sewing techniques for “trip around the world” quilts (quilts that have rows of squares forming their design). Includes color photos of finished quilts…. More >>

Price: $55.95