Quilts among the Plain People
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: Rachel T. Pellman
Categories: Crafts & Hobbies
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-12-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Discover why so many Amish and Mennonites, committed to a simple life, make beautiful quilts. This book looks at quilting in plain communities and the possible
Amish Quilts
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Janneken Smucker
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-15 - Publisher: JHU Press

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By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kir
Amish Quilts, The Adventure Continues
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Lynn Koolish
Categories: Crafts & Hobbies
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-01 - Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

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This volume features 21 Amish-inspired quilts by some of today's top quilt designers—with simple patterns showing off beautiful solid fabrics. Thirty years af
Plain and Fancy
Language: en
Pages: 103
Authors: Richard Cleveland
Categories: Quiltmakers
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-09-01 - Publisher: Quilt Digest Press

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Here are 45 quilts that tell the story of Vermont and its quiltmakers from the frontier days of the 1700s to the end of World War II.
Hidden in Plain View
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Jacqueline L. Tobin
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-25 - Publisher: Anchor

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The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used the