Posts Tagged ‘American’
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
- How to Make an American Quilt
Product DescriptionBerkeley graduate student Finn (Winona Ryder) is spending the summer at the home of her sparring grandmother and great aunt (Oscar winners Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft), where she intends to finish her latest thesis and think over a marriage proposal. As she wrestles with her decision, the women in her grandmother’s quilting bee confide to her the stories of the loves that shaped their own lives. Also starring Maya Angelou, Kate Nelligan, Jean Simmons, Lois Smith…
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Saturday, July 6th, 2013
- Dimensions: 11.04 in. H x 8.53 in. W x 0.29 in. D
- Weight: 0.97 ounces
- Made in CN
Product DescriptionJoin Eleanor Burns as she pays tribute to rural America’s barns painted with quilt blocks. A fun tradition began in 2001 when Donna Sue Groves in Adams County Ohio painted a quilt block on the family’s barn to honor her mother an avid quilter. The local community soon joined in and painted quilt blocks on their barns. Learn a variety of new techniques as Eleanor demonstrates how to make the pieced barn blocks. Includes patterns for 20 blocks ranging in size from 3 t…
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Product DescriptionIn town and villiage, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalacian mountains to the great concert halls, this album celebrates the diversity of American music. Includes: lively English country dance tunes, Appalacian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, improvisations, the traditional ballad Barbara Allen and the shape note hymn New Jerusalem. Performed on traditional and early music instruments….
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Monday, December 10th, 2012
Product DescriptionPiece together an American quilt inspired by letters from World War II! 121 full-sized block diagrams. Complete instructions for making a full-sized sampler quilt using all 121 blocks, and 4 diagrams for making smaller quilt projects. Seven sets of letters give you a glimpse of the lives of seven remarkable American soldiers and their families during World War II….
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Tags: American, Blocks, from, Homefront, Inspired, Letters, Quilt, Quilts, World
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Product DescriptionTraces the history of quilting and describes the various kinds of quilts made in the United States. Includes a suggestion for a quiltmaking project….
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Tags: American, Cloth, Making, Quilt, Stories
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Product DescriptionPulitzer Prizewinning 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…
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Tags: 18701940, American, Center, Collections, International, Modern, Quilt, Quilts, Study
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
Product DescriptionSumptuous, informative, and engaging, this is the ultimate book on American quilts as art. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, it’s a fascinating chronicle of the growth and evolution of an art form with a rich heritage. Not only does author Robert Shaw provide an insightful look at quilting aesthetics, he places the craft in its historical, cultural, and socioeconomic context, providing a visually lush journey through American history.This opulen…
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Tags: 17802007, American, Democratic, Quilts
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
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Tags: American, from, Motion, Music, Picture, Quilt
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Product DescriptionGrab the paint brushes and color your world!Quilt kit includes Me and My Sister Favorites and Spring Fever fabric to complete the 59 1/2″ x 59 1/2″ quilt top and binding. Backing set is available separately. You will need to purchase the American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine August 2010 issue to complete the quilt….
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Tags: 2010, American, August, Color, Issue, Magazine, Patchwork, Quilt, Quilting, World
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