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.
Quilting News of Yesteryear: 1,000 Pieces and Counting
Wearing Propaganda 1931-1945: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States
Gwen Marston's Needlework Designs
Beading Basics: 30 Embellishing Techniques for Quilters'
Calico Mann: The Manny Kopp Fabric Collection
Butterfly Album: Monarchs and More
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
The New Creative Artist by Nita Leland
More Book Reviews: including
Feed Sacks in Georgia
The Rape of The Turin Shroud
A Common Thread...Quilts in The Yakima Valley
Quilts in Red and Green and the Women Who Made Them
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield - A guest book review by Jan Thomas
New Quilt Books You Will Enjoy
Book Review and Excerpt: Passing on the Comfort
Quilts and Quiltmakers: Covering Connecticut-book review
Two new book reviews about Hawaiian quilting
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
Pattern Reviews
Photo images of blocks from the Future Heirloom company, Arizona
The Calico Garden Quilt, a 1950s design by Florence Peto
Product Reviews
Displayaway Quilt Hanger with photo of an arpillera
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