The Quilt That Walked to Golden: Women and Quilts in the Mountain West--From the Overland Trail to Contemporary Colorado
by Sandra Dallas, Nanette Simonds (Author)
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Dallas provides a window into the lives, trials, and friendships of generations of Colorado women who recorded their stories in the quilts they left behind.Tags
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I really enjoyed reading about early quilters of Colorado. The history is fantastic. I always think about how hard it must have been for those women back in the day and how easy I have it in 2015.
In the first bit of this book, one thing the author says is how little we know about women who walked across the country towards the west. I think that will be rue when historians look back at our time since people no longer keep diaries. Yes, they keep blogs, which will help those historians, but I wonder if it is the same.
A great historical book centering on the western expansion of the U.S. by a favorite author. Wonderful photos of quilts and old photographs as well.
No place to pack a change of clothes? Wear it on layers. These women had to walk and wear all the dresses they could at once. Imagine that!
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Sandra Dallas graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in journalism and began her writing career as a reporter with Business Week. While a reporter, she began writing nonfiction which include Sacred Paint, which won the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Wrangler Award, and The Quilt That Walked to Golden, recipient of the show more Independent Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award. Turning to fiction in 1990, Sandra has published a number of novels including Buster Midnight's Cafe, Alice's Tulips, and Prayers For Sale. She is the recipient of the Women Writing the West Willa Award for New Mercies, and two-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, for The Chili Queen and Tallgrass. In addition, she was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award, the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association Award, and a four-time finalist for the Women Writing the West Willa Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Home & Garden, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 746.46 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Textile arts Needlework and handwork Quilting
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- NK9197 .D35 — Fine Arts 3600-(9990) Other arts and art industries Decorative arts Other arts and art industries Textiles
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