Quilter's Muse Virtual Museum
Book Reviews by Patricia L. Cummings
Table of Contents
Childhood Treasures - Doll Quilts By and For Children by Merikay Waldvogel; and Prairie Children and Their Quilts: 14 Little Projects That Honor the Pioneer Spirit by Kathleen Tracy.
Our Nig: Sketches From the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson, a book thought to have been the first novel published on American soil by a Black woman born in Milford, New Hampshire - (1825-1900).
More book reviews, September 2006 include:
FeedSacks in Georgia
A Common Thread .... Quilts in the Yakima Valley
The Rape of the Turin Shroud
The New Creative Artist by Nita Leland
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield. A guest book review by Jan Thomas
Quilts and Quiltmakers: Covering Connecticut - book review
Little Brown Bird Patterns -book review
Every Quilt Tells a Story: A Quilter’s Stash of Wit and Wisdom by Helen Kelly
Printed and Lace Handkerchiefs by Betty Wilson, a book review
21 Terrific Patchwork Bags by Susan Briscoe, a book review
Welsh Quilting: a book and pattern review
Passing on the Comfort - book review and excerpt
Two new book reviews about Hawaiian quilting
Pattern Reviews
"The Gossips" This is more than a pattern review. It is the history of the design as chronicled and researched by Patricia Cummings.
Photo images of blocks from the Future Heirloom company, Arizona
The Calico Garden Quilt, a 1950s design by Florence Peto
Product Reviews
Nimble Needle Treasures: Review of new CD
Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH. If you have a pattern or book that you would like me to review, please contact: pat@quiltersmuse.com