Story Quilts

2014 Quilts

Author : Yukari Takahara
Release : 2014
Genre : Quilts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 695/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Story Quilts by : Yukari Takahara

Download or read book Story Quilts written by Yukari Takahara. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese teacher and designer Yukari Takahara shares in beautiful quilts her own life story, inspiring everyone to recreate special events in their lives through the medium of quilting. Find a gallery of 37 different quilts and vignettes, along with 14 pages of pattern ideas and step-by-step directions for applique.

Tar Beach

2020-08-18 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Faith Ringgold
Release : 2020-08-18
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 869/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tar Beach by : Faith Ringgold

Download or read book Tar Beach written by Faith Ringgold. This book was released on 2020-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations. Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

Mooshka, A Quilt Story

2012-03-06 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Julie Paschkis
Release : 2012-03-06
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 209/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Mooshka, A Quilt Story by : Julie Paschkis

Download or read book Mooshka, A Quilt Story written by Julie Paschkis. This book was released on 2012-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karla loves her special quilt, Mooshka. But Mooshka is more than just a quilt. Karla's grandmother lovingly pieced Mooshka together using scraps of fabric from members of Karla's family. Each square, or "schnitz," shares a special memory of Karla's ancestors and their lives. Mooshka speaks, comforting Karla at bedtime with whispered stories. When new baby sister Hannah arrives, Karla's routine is disrupted and Mooshka falls silent. Only when Karla shares Mooshka with her sister does the quilt begin to speak again and tell Hannah the treasured stories of her family.

Quilts Around the World

2010-11-21 Crafts & Hobbies

Author : Spike Gillespie
Release : 2010-11-21
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Quilts Around the World by : Spike Gillespie

Download or read book Quilts Around the World written by Spike Gillespie. This book was released on 2010-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential book for all quilters and quilt collectors tells the fascinating story of quilting around the world, illuminated by the international quilt community’s top experts and more than 300 glorious color photographs. Covering Japan, China, Korea, and India; England, Ireland, France, and The Netherlands; Australia, Africa, Central America, North America, and beyond, Quilts Around the World explores both the diversity and common threads of quilting. Discover Aboriginal patchwork from Australia, intricate Rallis from the Middle East, Amish and Hawaiian quilts from the United States, Sashiko quilts from Japan, vivid Molas from Central America, and art quilts from every corner of the globe. Also included are twenty patchwork and applique patterns to use in your own quilt projects, inspired by designs from the world’s most striking quilts.

Stitching Stars

1997 African American quiltmakers

Author : Mary E. Lyons
Release : 1997
Genre : African American quiltmakers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 076/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Stitching Stars by : Mary E. Lyons

Download or read book Stitching Stars written by Mary E. Lyons. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This distinguished biography is both a portrait of an artist and a chronicle of her times. Born into slavery, Harriet Powers had always been a quilt maker, but at 49, she began working on her first masterpiece--a story quilt of the Bible that is now at the Smithsonian Institution. Full-color photos.

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