Making History
Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970
Published on 27. September 2022
128 pages
978-1-60705-302-6 (ISBN)
Description
This wide-ranging book shows how to create quilts with an authentic antique look, collect period textiles, while revealing the history of American fabrics.
Learn the fascinating true story of fabrics in America and make your own period quilts with this comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence on American quilts, from the machine age to the atomic age. From quilt historian Barbara Brackman, author of America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Making History not only includes 9 quilt projects inspired by vintage quilt designs and fabrics, but is packed with historic photos, stories, and insights into the role of fabrics in everyday life.
Learn the fascinating true story of fabrics in America and make your own period quilts with this comprehensive guide to fabrics and their influence on American quilts, from the machine age to the atomic age. From quilt historian Barbara Brackman, author of America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890, Making History not only includes 9 quilt projects inspired by vintage quilt designs and fabrics, but is packed with historic photos, stories, and insights into the role of fabrics in everyday life.
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Barbara Brackman
Making History Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970
9 Reproduction Quilt Projects * Historic Notes & Photographs * Dating Your Quilts
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07/2008
C & T Publishing
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Barbara Brackman Bio: Barbara Brackman is well known as an authority on Civil War quilts, having written numerous books on quilt history. A founding member of the American Quilt Study Group and inductee to the Quilters Hall of Fame, Barbara lives in Lawrence, Kansas. civilwarquilts.blogspot.com
Content
- Cover
- Legal page
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Fabric of the Machine Age
- Project 1: Two-Step
- Project 2: Goslings
- Fabric of the Arts and Crafts Movement
- Project 3: Star Puzzle
- Project 4: Iris Wreath
- Project 5: London Poppy
- Project 6: Prairie School Window
- Fabric of Modernism
- Project 7: Criss Cross
- Project 8: The Magic Vine
- Fabric of the Atomic Age
- Project 9: Georgia Tulip
- About the Author
- Endnotes
- Patterns
