Making History - Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970: 9 Reproduction Quilt Projects - Historic Notes & Photographs - Dating Your Quilts Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9781571204530
ISBN: 1571204539
Label: C&T Publishing
Manufacturer: C&T Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: August 19, 2008
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Sales Rank: 25012
Studio: C&T Publishing
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The comprehensive guide to fabrics, from the machine age to the atomic age!
* Includes nine quilt projects inspired by vintage designs
* Essential companion to Brackman’s America’s Printed Fabrics 1770-1890
Want to create new quilts with an authentic period look? Or discover the rich history of our country, unfolding through fabric? This fascinating book features author Barbara Brackman’s irresistible blend of scholarship and practical advice. Learn to choose reproduction prints for vintage designs and build a stash of period-flavor fabrics. Nine vintage-style quilt patterns capture historical style with piecing and appliqué. Packed with historic photos, stories, and insights into the role of fabrics in everyday life, Making History is a compelling page-turner as well as a practical quilting book.
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Excellent resource book. Great followup to Brackman's first book on the history of quilts. Great book. Highly recommend to everyone who is interested in historical quilts.
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If you want to learn to date fabrics found in quilts and cotton clothing, then this book is a must have. MAKING HISTORY Quilts and Fabrics covers the topics in the same detail and stylistic manner of America's Printed Fabrics, for the years 1890 to 1970. With this book, Barbara Brackman essentially finishes her update of Clues in the Calico, (1989).
If I were to use one word to describe the book's text, it is concise.She gives us a great deal of meaty information by combining period ... Read More
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