Clues in the Calico
Title | Clues in the Calico PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Brackman |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2009-11-17 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1571209182 |
In Clues in the Calico Barbara Brackman unveils a much-needed system for dating America's heirloom quilts. She tells how, by collecting and observing quilts and finally analyzing her computer file on close to 900 date-inscribed specimens, she arrived at the system. And through this telling she also imparts a colorful, stunningly illustrated history of quiltmaking along with a good bit of entertaining social history and the newest findings in textile research.
Clues in the Calico
Title | Clues in the Calico PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Brackman |
Publisher | E P M Publications |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
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The system unveiled here for dating heirloom quilts is based upon five characteristics -- fabric, style, color, technique, and pattern. In recounting the method's evolution, which involved the examination of 900 date-inscribed specimens, Brackman imparts a colorful history of quilt making.
Calico Horses and the Patchwork Trail
Title | Calico Horses and the Patchwork Trail PDF eBook |
Author | Lorraine Turner |
Publisher | IDW Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-04-08 |
Genre | Children of divorced parents |
ISBN | 9781613778371 |
When the Spirit of Horse speaks to a ten-year-old girl through her dreams and calico patches magically appear as if from nowhere, the residents of Saddlecrest, Nevada have a genuine mystery on their hands. It's the story of how a girl ripped apart by divorce helps the wild mustangs torn from the range. Together they face uncertainties brought on by the decisions of others. Carrie's mom decides to uproot her from their familiar Jersey Shore home and move to the dusty deserts of Nevada. The move is as prickly to Carrie as the cactus beside her new home. But something mysterious greets her when she closes her eyes each night--like a winding path, her dreams guide her to the horses of the Calico Mountains. Are her developing psychic abilities bringing visits from horse spirits or is her troubled mind playing tricks on her? Her new friend Milla has nightmares of her own--she's the daughter of a government official known as "The Horse Killer." How can a few children make a difference to the plight of the foals snatched from their homes without warning? Like the tiny patches of cloth that adorn a calico quilt the clues draw them all together. Follow the Calico Horses as they lead us down the trail of adversity to the peaceful pastures found by helping one another.
Dating Fabrics
Title | Dating Fabrics PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Jahnke Trestain |
Publisher | American Quilter's Society |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780891458845 |
Thousands of fabric swatches presented in this guide book can help determine a date of manufacture and something about the fabric piece. Samples represent fabics made in the Americas from 1800-1960.
Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Title | Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 2020-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781893824973 |
Barbara Brackman's classic quilter's resource, the "Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns," is fully modernized, updated with over 160 new blocks, and presented in full color for the first time in this third edition! All of the 4,000+ pieced quilt block patterns found in this book are illustrated with both a line drawing and sample color suggestions to ensure that you will never run out of inspiration! Quilters, quilt historians, and textile enthusiasts will love the detailed information on pattern names and publication sources included with each block pattern.The book is easy to use in a multitude of ways: look up block designs by name to find a perfectly themed pattern, search by layout and construction information to find the name of the pattern in a historic quilt, or just browse the pages until your next quilting project catches your eye! Combine the book with "BlockBase" software (sold separately) to easily design and print custom templates, rotary charts, or foundation patterns for any of the blocks in the book.As a one-stop-shop for quilt pattern identification and ideas for your next quilting project, this fabulous book should be in every quilter's library!
Amish Quilts
Title | Amish Quilts PDF eBook |
Author | Janneken Smucker |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2013-11-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1421410532 |
By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kiracofe, author of The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 "Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies"
Civil War Women
Title | Civil War Women PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Brackman |
Publisher | C&T Publishing Inc |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2010-11-05 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1571208097 |
North and South, black and white - the story of the War Between the States is embedded in the soul of every American. In her second book on quilts and the Civil War, Barbara Brackman introduces 9 women who lived during those turbulent times, matching each woman to a quilt that she might have made herself. 9 projects adapted from period quilts, with patterns and instructions. Excellent reference book for Civil War re-enactors; offers creative activities related to each woman’s story. Fascinating information about 9 real-life American women and their experiences during the Civil War, from abolitionist speaker Lucy Stone to freed slave Susie Taylor King to Confederate spy Belle Edmondson. Make a reproduction quilt and forge a personal link to the women of the Civil War!