The Mountain Artisans Quilting Book

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The women of the Mountain Artisans cooperative in West Virginia make their beautiful quilts and quilted products in the same way the hill women of the area have ,done for two centuries. Now their skills hâve tvon them recognition throughout the country. This book contains their step-by-step instructions"in all aspects of this time-honored craft, including :
piecing and quilting appliqué
covers _ .
pillow^ piacemats


THE MOUNTAIN ARTISANS QUILTING BOOK is the best book on
the contemporary adaptation of the old craft of quilting. It is a basic instructional book combining Alfred Allan Lewis's lucid instructions with the Coty-Award-winning designs created by Dorothy Weatherford for the Mountain Artisans. At the same time, it tells the heart-warming story of the Mountain Artisans: how the famous West Virginia cooperative was started by a group of ideahstic young women, among them Sharon Percy Rockefeller; how their efforts to market the products of a cen-turies-old craft... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The women of the Mountain Artisans cooperative in West Virginia make their beautiful quilts and quilted products in the same way the hill women of the area have ,done for two centuries. Now their skills hâve tvon them recognition throughout the country. This book contains their step-by-step instructions"in all aspects of this time-honored craft, including :
piecing and quilting appliqué
covers _ .
pillow^ piacemats


THE MOUNTAIN ARTISANS QUILTING BOOK is the best book on
the contemporary adaptation of the old craft of quilting. It is a basic instructional book combining Alfred Allan Lewis's lucid instructions with the Coty-Award-winning designs created by Dorothy Weatherford for the Mountain Artisans. At the same time, it tells the heart-warming story of the Mountain Artisans: how the famous West Virginia cooperative was started by a group of ideahstic young women, among them Sharon Percy Rockefeller; how their efforts to market the products of a cen-turies-old craft overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve national recognition and the highest accolade of all, the Coty Award.
The how-to-do-it sections of the book feature photographic step-by-step instructions on: traditional patchwork patterns, stitching, appliqué, hemming, binding, tufting, basting, tracing, design placement, bordering, quilting; application of the handicraft to making toys, pillows, clothing, and placemats; new approaches to design, with helpful hints on color and placement that will enable the reader to make original designs.
In addition to a detailed explanation of the new techniques developed by the Mountain Artisans, the book features an investigation of the traditional methods of making the old quilts and patchworks, examples of which have found their way into great museum collections. Vissza