Historical

Barbara Brackman

A comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence on quilts. Whether you want to create new quilts with an authentic period look or learn about the history of fabrics in America, it's all in this fascinating book. Includes instructions to make nine beautiful pieced and appliqued quilts.

This book, offers a beautiful sampler quilt in the colours of the title plus other quilts and projects. The patterns relate to stories of women affected by battles during the Civil War.

Ellen Kort

Take a journey back in time with author Ellen Kort as she retells the fascinating stories inspired by quilts passed down through generations of Wisconsin quiltmakers. Whether used to comfort the sick, bundle babies, cover windows or celebrate a wedding, each of the 150 quilts presented in this second edition of Wisconsin Quilts has a story to tell that will paint a vivid picture of the evolution of quilting in Wisconsin, from its statehood in 1848 to the present day, preserving the memories made along the way.

New to this second edition are eight exclusive patterns and instructions for blocks from eight historical quilts, allowing you to create your own family heirloom to be cherished for generations to come.

Published in partnership with the Wisconsin Quilt History Project, Wisconsin Quilts is a unique tribute to the contributions Wisconsin's quilters have made to the state's rich history.

Editor: Margret Aldrich
A patchwork as rich with history as any well-worn quilt, this now-classic anthology collects the stories so many quilts tell--tales of making do and creating beauty out of scraps, stories of starting anew and passing down a legacy stitched with the lore of ages. Bringing together anecdotes, essays, and memoirs about quilts, quilting, and quilt history, the book has something for everyone who ever pieced a quilt together or admired a quilter's handiwork.

Ranging from the amusing to the poignant to the enlightening, the selections include historical meditations from quilting authority Merikay Waldvogel and best-selling author Sandra Dallas; hilarious pieces on quilting obsessions from humorists Ami Simms and Lisa Boyer; and a charming essay about passing on quilting knowledge from Quilter's Newsletter columnist Helen Kelley.

Illustrated with a glorious collection of quilting photographs and paintings, vintage advertising and pattern booklets, this book is the quintessential quilter's companion.

Rosemary Youngs

Get wrapped up in the loves and lives of 11 Civil War soldiers and the beautiful quilt their stories inspired.

Barbara Brackman

Barbara explores the role of quilts and the Underground Railroad with first-person accounts, newspaper and military records and beautiful examples of surviving quilts. An excellent resource that also includes 20 quilt blocks to represent 20 chapters in the story from Africa to Reconstruction.

Pam Holland

Fast and easy appliqué technique, combining fast-fusing methods and machine stitching
* Six new quilt projects inspired by unusual motifs in 1776
* Sensational photography of the original 1776 and Pam Holland's recreation.

Brackman and Menaugh

Stitch historic quilts and projects inspired by the palette of butternut and blue, the uniforms of the Civil War on the western borders.

Bobby A Aug

Hundreds of colour photographs identify, illustrate and evaluate antique textiles of interest in the marketplace today including quilts, coverlets, Marseille spreads, bonnets, Amish socks, aprons, petticoats and more.

Janet Catherine Berlo

Two hundred years of innovation and artistry in American quilts.

Brenda Manges Papadakis

Following on from Dear Jane, Brenda links the historic works of two more skillful quilters to the quilters of today. Includes letters to her granddaughter, Hannah, to showcase women's struggles for recognition throughout the last two centuries.

Brenda Papadakis. 225 patterns lovingly recreated from the celebrated 1863 Jane A Stickle quilt