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A Simple Life: Quilts Inspired by the '50s
ISBN: 9781617453328 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1950s' diary of Hazel Hyde inspired author Shelly Pagliai to create 7 projects with retro country flair. The simple step-by-step instructions are great for applique beginners. Featured in The Kansas City Star block-of-the-month program, these charming projects will have quilting enthusiasts and vintage lovers alike oohing and aahing in delight!
The 1950s' diary of Hazel Hyde inspired author Shelly Pagliai to create 7 projects with retro country flair. The simple step-by-step instructions are ...
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130,19 zł |
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Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World
ISBN: 9780292705999 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the United States today, there are more than twenty-two million quilters who collectively spend more than one billion dollars on quilting every year. The annual International Quilt Festival attracts more than 50,000 dedicated visitors from around the world. Festival prize money can reach $100,000. Drawn into this material world by a newspaper assignment, Spike Gillespie soon found the personalities who populate serious quiltmaking as compelling as the art itself. Quilty as Charged is not a history or how-to guide; it is a collection of many small stories, including... In the United States today, there are more than twenty-two million quilters who collectively spend more than one billion dollars on quilti... |
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83,42 zł |
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Quilting with Strips and Strings
ISBN: 9780486243573 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quickest, easiest way to turn left-over fabric into handsome quilt. 46 patchwork quilts; 31 full-size templates.
Quickest, easiest way to turn left-over fabric into handsome quilt. 46 patchwork quilts; 31 full-size templates.
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64,98 zł |
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The Quick and Easy Giant Dahlia Quilt: Step-By-Step Instructions and Full-Size Templates for Four Quilt Sizes
ISBN: 9780486245010 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its first known appearance in the 1935 issue of Needlecraft -- The Home Arts Magazine, the Giant Dahlia pattern has been a favorite among quilters. A beautiful patchwork representation of the dahlia flower, this classic quilt was often judged too difficult for anyone but the most experienced quilter. Noted quilting teachers and authors Susan Murwin and Suzzy Payne rediscovered the Giant Dahlia in the late 1970s and determined to make it accessible to quilters of every degree of skill. This book is the culmination of their efforts: they have solved the drafting and sewing...
Since its first known appearance in the 1935 issue of Needlecraft -- The Home Arts Magazine, the Giant Dahlia pattern has been a favorite amon...
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82,37 zł |
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The Complete Book of Seminole Patchwork
ISBN: 9780486276175 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed by the Mikasuki-speaking Indian women of southern Florida around the end of the 1800s, Seminole patchwork has become a highly visible art form and genuine symbol of Seminole culture. Developed by the Mikasuki-speaking Indian women of southern Florida around the end of the 1800s, Seminole patchwork has become a highly visible art... |
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64,98 zł |
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Tessellation Quilts
ISBN: 9780715319413 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Turns an interesting mathematical phenomenon into a beautiful quilt design -Presents a challenging technique to help experienced quilters improve skills -Christine Porter's previous book Quilt Designs From Decorative Floor Tiles has sold more than 10,000 copies Readers will discover the rewards of learning to translate an ancient pattern into beautiful pieced patchwork designs in this exciting new book from Christine Porter. This trendy new reference: -Explores 11 tessellating block designs in exquisite detail -Features more than 40 quilts illustrating how blocks can be used to create...
Turns an interesting mathematical phenomenon into a beautiful quilt design -Presents a challenging technique to help experienced quilters improve skil...
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87,81 zł |
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Quilts Are Forever: A Patchwork Collection of Inspiration Stories
ISBN: 9780743210867 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. QUILTS -- PIECES OF FABRIC SEWN TOGETHER LIKE MOMENTS IN TIME, AS HANDMADE AS LIFE ITSELF
Every quilt has a story to tell, an endearing story that lasts forever. Whether it is a craft-fair find, a generations-old family heirloom, or an art collector's most prized piece, quilts warm our bodies and our hearts. Ever since pioneer women organized sewing circles to combat the harshness and isolation of the American West, women have turned to quilting to celebrate, share, and heal. In this heartwarming collection of inspirational stories, we see the celebrations, joys, and heartaches... QUILTS -- PIECES OF FABRIC SEWN TOGETHER LIKE MOMENTS IN TIME, AS HANDMADE AS LIFE ITSELF
Every quilt has a story to tell, an endearing story tha... |
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69,51 zł |
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Quilts: The Fabric of Friendship
ISBN: 9780764311956 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quilting history encompasses much more than the final product--it is also the story of the people (women, men, girls, and boys) who lovingly stitched these beautiful and intricate objects. Just as a quilt is multi-layered, so too is the story each quilt tells. Featuring nearly 200 exquisite quilts--plus family stories and local history--this book provides a fascinating look at quilting traditions in York County, Pennsylvania, from 1790 to 1950. Included are applique, pieced, and signature quilts, fads and novelties (including crazy), crib and doll quilts, and a special chapter on quilt...
Quilting history encompasses much more than the final product--it is also the story of the people (women, men, girls, and boys) who lovingly stitched ...
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146,02 zł |
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Quilts of Virginia 1607-1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle
ISBN: 9780764324659 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book anticipates Virginia's 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in over 430 color and vintage photographs. From quilted armor of the 17th century to crazy quilts of the 19th century, these personal family and museum treasures include homespun work of slaves and fancy work of freed women and First Ladies. The eight Virginia-born U.S. presidents are each represented here, with work from George Washington's great great grandmother to quilting by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The contents derive from the study of more than 3,000 quilts statewide...
This new book anticipates Virginia's 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in over 430 color and vin...
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153,71 zł |
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Quilting News of Yesteryear: Crazy as a Bed Quilt: Crazy as a Bed Quilt
ISBN: 9780764327957 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the early 1880s through the second quarter of the twentieth century, American women made crazy quilts in colossal numbers. The velvets, satins, silks, wools and cottons of the crazy quilt era reflect abundance in the economy of the society-at-large. Just as they filled their scrapbook albums with trade cards, calling cards, photos and memorabilia, crazy quilt makers embellished their quilts with their most favorite things. The result was newsworthy...literally. Newspapers picked up on the accomplishments of these talented women and shared them with their communities. This new book...
From the early 1880s through the second quarter of the twentieth century, American women made crazy quilts in colossal numbers. The velvets, satins, s...
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131,74 zł |
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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South
ISBN: 9780807849958 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally published in 1989, Stitched from the Soul was the first book to examine the history of quilting in the enslaved community and to place slave-made quilts into historical and cultural context. It remains a beautiful and moving tribute to an African American tradition.
Undertaking a national search to locate slave-crafted textiles, Gladys-Marie Fry uncovered a treasure trove of pieces. The 123 color and black and white photographs... This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally publish...
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163,01 zł |
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Kentucky Quilts and Their Makers
ISBN: 9780813100968 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kentucky's contribution to the perennially popular American craft of quiltmaking is a rich and varied one. Mary Clarke examines here the state of the craft in Kentucky and finds it as lively today as it was 150 years ago. Like a fingerprint, every Kentucky quilt differs from all others in some respects, whether it is an original creation or a variation of one of the traditional patterns long popular in the United States. And many Kentucky quilts reveal much about the individual maker -- her disposition, taste, and lifestyle, the familiar objects that bring joy to her daily life, and... Kentucky's contribution to the perennially popular American craft of quiltmaking is a rich and varied one. Mary Clarke examines here the state of t... |
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121,72 zł |
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American Coverlets and Their Weavers: Coverlets from the Collection of Foster and Muriel McCarl
ISBN: 9780821414446 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coverlets woven in vibrant colors of red, blue, white, and green are as popular today as they were in the nineteenth century.
"American Coverlets and Their Weavers" is a lavishly illustrated guide to one of the premier collections of coverlets in the nation. As such, it is also an essential reference for collectors, historians, specialists in material culture, and others who are interested in American textiles. Published in association with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, "American Coverlets and Their Weavers" is a work of impressive scholarship. Clarita S. Anderson has drawn... Coverlets woven in vibrant colors of red, blue, white, and green are as popular today as they were in the nineteenth century.
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219,66 zł |
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Quilts of the Ohio Western Reserve
ISBN: 9780821416594 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Quilts of Ohio's Western Reserve includes early quilts brought from Connecticut to the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio and contemporary quilts, including one by an Old Order Amish woman and a quilt inspired by Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Quilt makers in Oberlin, including fifth-generation descendants of abolitionists and slaves, produced the Underground Railroad Quilt in 1987.
Ricky Clark, one of Ohio's foremost quilt historians, has assembled exquisite examples of calamanco, T quilts, and borderless pieced quilts to show the history of Connecticut aesthetics and history... Quilts of Ohio's Western Reserve includes early quilts brought from Connecticut to the Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio and contemporary quilts, i...
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114,72 zł |
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Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution
ISBN: 9780821417065 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ohio s long quiltmaking heritage prepared the wayfor the contemporary pioneer artists of the 1970s and 1980s, who, through individual vision and dedication, have created a new art form and added a new chapter to quilt history. Uncommon Threads: Ohio s Art Quilt Revolution reveals for the first time the remarkable role Ohio artists, curators, institutions, and organizations have played in the evolution of today s internationalart quilt movement.
Against the backdrop of America s counterculture and civil rights movements, author Gayle A. Pritchard s compelling narrative threads its way... Ohio s long quiltmaking heritage prepared the wayfor the contemporary pioneer artists of the 1970s and 1980s, who, through individual vision and dedic...
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109,78 zł |
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Fiber Expressions: The Contemporary Quilt
ISBN: 9780887400933 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 90 modern quilts juried into Quilt National '87, the most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary quilts are featured in this new book. These exciting examples demonstrate the increasingly varied field of the quilt as a modern form of art. The book is enriched by comments from the artists and jurors, including Gerhardt Knodel and Jan Myers, and author/curator Penny McMorris.
More than 90 modern quilts juried into Quilt National '87, the most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary quilts are featured in this n...
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62,55 zł |
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The History of the Patchwork Quilt
ISBN: 9780887401367 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The origins, traditions and symbolism of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-national examples over the past 500 years. This classic book now in its first English edition traces quilts across Europe and Asia and through the growing textile industry of North America. Color and black-and-white photographs show beautiful applique and Amish quilts as well as crazy-quilts, bridal and friendship quilts and more. Examples represent historical and contemporary prize-winning designs. The author provides an extensive bibliography in hopes that it will foster more extensive research...
The origins, traditions and symbolism of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-national examples over the past 500 years. This clas...
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87,81 zł |
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The New Quilt: Interpretations and Innovations
ISBN: 9780887401572 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This features full color images and explanatory captions for the 82 quilts juried into Quilt National '89, the sixth in a series of biennial international competitions. Text and interesting comments by jurors Yvonne Porcella, Bernard Kester and Chris Wolf Edmonds support and explain the selections. The book also includes a retrospective of Quilt National's first decade. Color photographs of selected works from the earliest Quilt National exhibits demonstrate the variety of designs represented, and a most valuable index of all the artists and works from the past ten years completes this...
This features full color images and explanatory captions for the 82 quilts juried into Quilt National '89, the sixth in a series of biennial internati...
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72,99 zł |
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Sew it in Minutes: 24 Projects to Fit Your Style and Schedule
ISBN: 9780896893580 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book delivers what sewers are looking for: beautiful, hand-made projects such as ornaments, photo frames, applique cute terry cloth bibs, book covers and flower pins, for the home or to give as gifts. Inexpensive to make and easily completed in an evening or less, "Sew It in Minutes" gives sewers:
This book delivers what sewers are looking for: beautiful, hand-made projects such as ornaments, photo frames, applique cute terry cloth bibs, book... |
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87,92 zł |
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The Quilt: New Directions for an American Tradition
ISBN: 9780916838928 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Quilt presents a comprehensive and stimulating look at the best in contemporary quilting through 84 color plates of quilts selected for the Quilt National 1983, the only national juried show restricted to contemporary work. The state of this lively art form is also captured through comments made by the show's artists and jurors, and by Michael James and Nancy Crow, who acknowledged trailblazers in the field. For anyone interested in quilts old and new, The Quilt is an indispensable "state of the art" record of the attempts by contemporary artists in the United States and abroad to bring...
The Quilt presents a comprehensive and stimulating look at the best in contemporary quilting through 84 color plates of quilts selected for the Quilt ...
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52,12 zł |
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