Averil Colby (1900–1983)
Author of Quilting
About the Author
Image credit: Averil Colby (1900-1983)
Series
Works by Averil Colby
Samplers Yesterday and Today 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Colby, Averil
- Birthdate
- 1900-01-28
- Date of death
- 1983-01-05
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Studley Agricultural College - Occupations
- needlework historian
gardener
writer - Awards and honors
- The first person from the UK to be inducted into The Quilters' Hall of Fame
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
- Associated Place (for map)
- UK
Members
Reviews
everything you need to know!, 29 Dec. 2010
This review is from: Patchwork (Craft Paperbacks) (Paperback)
This was the book that got me started on patchwork. I've since taken it up big time and have accumulated various full colour books (all the photos /illustrations here are black & white) but this is the one I return to time and time again. It's BRILLIANT and tells you EVERYTHING. There's lots of info on the history of the craft and photos of old quilts (I was interested to see a couple of show more these mentioned in Kaffe Fassett's more recent book on quilts at the Victoria & Albert). Also very helpful that it teaches you sufficient geometry to be able to construct your own hexagon/ octagon templates with a pair of compasses! show less
This review is from: Patchwork (Craft Paperbacks) (Paperback)
This was the book that got me started on patchwork. I've since taken it up big time and have accumulated various full colour books (all the photos /illustrations here are black & white) but this is the one I return to time and time again. It's BRILLIANT and tells you EVERYTHING. There's lots of info on the history of the craft and photos of old quilts (I was interested to see a couple of show more these mentioned in Kaffe Fassett's more recent book on quilts at the Victoria & Albert). Also very helpful that it teaches you sufficient geometry to be able to construct your own hexagon/ octagon templates with a pair of compasses! show less
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 311
- Popularity
- #75,819
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 15
- ISBNs
- 22