This Old Quilt: A Heartwarming Celebration of Quilts and Quilting Memories
by Margret Aldrich (Editor)
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A collection of writings which pay tribute to quilts and quilting memories from different eras and authors.Tags
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- Original publication date
- 2001
- Epigraph
- Patchwork? Ah, no! It was memory, imagination, history, biography, joy, sorrow, philosophy, religion, romance, realism, life, love, and death; and over all, lilke a hal, the love of the artist for his work and the soul's lo... (show all)nging for earthy immortality. -- Eliza Calvert Hall, Aunt Jane of Kentucky, 1898
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- [Introduction] The quilt has become a symbol of North American resourcefulness, ingenuity, and creativity.
Every quilter must start as a beginner. The mysteries of how to keep your stitches even, your quilt blocks smooth, and your binding straight are hard-learned lessons, and students often pay their dues with pricked fingers an... (show all)d sore shoulders. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)[Introduction] This book is a kaleidoscope of colorful bits and pieces, joined together in teh tradition of the florious patchwork quilt it celebrates.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But oh, I'd rather quilt than eat when I'm hungry.
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