Patchwork: Iowa Quilts and Quilters - Brossura

Schmeal, Jacqueline Andre

 
9780877458654: Patchwork: Iowa Quilts and Quilters
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0877458650 ISBN 13: 9780877458654
Casa editrice: Univ of Iowa Pr, 2003

Sinossi

Drawing on written records by and interviews with contemporary quilters, many of whom were born in the early years of the twentieth century, Schmeal presents the life histories of these hard-working yet inspired artists. Sisters Elsie Ball and Mary Ball Jay of Fairfield - charging one and a quarter cents per yard of thread - kept meticulous records of each of the 135 quilts they stitched between 1935 and 1970. Ivan Johnson plowed his fields by day and quilted vivid designs by night. Cloth scraps were so precious to Barbara Chupp, an Amish quilter, that she became known for her mosaic piecing. Members of the Sunshine Circle, organized in 1912 in a Quaker church in Earlham, still quilt together today. Mennonite quilter Sara Miller became famous nationwide for her fabric store, Kalona Kountry Kreations. Their stories - of impoverished childhoods, hardscrabble work, and strong families - are enhanced by over seventy color photographs of historic quilts ranging from the early 1800s to the 1950s.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jacqueline Schmeal is co-founder and president of the Iowa Barn Foundation.

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Editore
Univ of Iowa Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2003
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0877458650
ISBN 13 
9780877458654
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
158
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