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1) Quilting with a modern slant: people, patterns, and techniques inspiring the modern quilt community
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
224 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods, and aesthetics. Their ideas, their quilts, and their tips, tutorials, and techniques will inspire you to try something new and follow your own creativity wherever it leads."--www.Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 20
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Description
When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 10
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
309 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
221 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
As her only child readies for college, fabric shop owner Linda Davis is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure--a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they make their way through the heart of the nation, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Molly's young life. And in stitching each bit of fabric, she discovers that the memories can come together...
Author
Publisher
Tinwood Books
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrated (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm.
Description
"African-American quilts possess two unique qualities: more than any other American visual art, they most fully realize the expressive force of jazz, and they bind together generations of African-American families who have made and cherished quilts. In Signs and Symbols, quilt expert Maude Southwell Wahlman introduces readers to a third powerful force in these quilts: their African-derived meanings, patterns, and iconography. She explores the religious,...
Author
Series
St. Rose Quilting Bee cozies volume 3
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
When Kate Upland and her five-year-old twin daughters perish in an explosion at their Scottsdale, Ariz., house, the police are certain Kate's missing husband, Kenny, an Iraq veteran who suffers from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), is responsible. It's up to quilter Maggie Browne to vindicate the accused.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 15
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
viii, 278 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. On this quilter's holiday, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom has invited her friends to continue an old family tradition of sewing quilt blocks representing their thankfulness and gratitude. As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block,...
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 14
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 337 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Master quilter Sylvia Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor and traces a tale back to 1859. An escaped slave, Joanna, spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. If Sylvia is to determine the fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue--the meticulous heirloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years before the Civil War, Dorothea Granger agrees to sew an unusual quilt to fulfill her uncle's deathbed request, realizing later that the quilt pattern contains an Underground Railroad map.
15) State fair
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2010
Formats
Description
Attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair, Benni Harper's enjoyment of the fair's activities are put on hold after the theft of a quilt intended for a special exhibition and the discovery of a corpse in the Piebald Family Farm Exhibit.
16) The aloha quilt
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 16
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
ix, 321 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
Bonnie faces a bleak winter alone, with her divorce looming. A welcome escape comes when Claire invites her to Maui to help launch an exciting new business: a quilter's retreat set at a bed and breakfast amid the vibrant colors and balmy breezes of the Hawaiian Islands.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
viii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 11
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
223 p. ; 19 cm.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 21
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
Just weeks before Christmas, severe wintry weather damages the church hall hosting the Christmas Boutique-an annual sale of handcrafted gifts and baked goods that supports the county food pantry. Determined to save the fundraiser, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson offers to hold the event at Elm Creek Manor, her ancestral family estate and summertime home to Elm Creek Quilt Camp. In the spirit of the season, Sylvia and the Elm Creek Quilters begin setting...
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