Quilts around the world
Subtitle: the story of quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe
By: Spike Gillespie ; foreword by Karey Bresenhan ; contributors include Laurel Horton ... [et al.] ; quilt-block patterns by Myrah Brown Green
Publisher: MBI Pub. Company; Voyageur Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780760337448
Description: Covering Japan, China, Korea, and India; England, Ireland, France, Sweden and the Netherlands; Australia, Africa, Central America, North America, and beyond, Quilts Around the World explores both the diversity and common threads of quilting. Discover aboriginal patchwork from New Zealand, intricate Rallis from the Middle East, Amish and Hawaiian quilts from the United States, Sashiko quilts from Japan, Molas from Central America, and much more. Also included is an appendix of patchwork and applique patterns to use in your own quilt projects, inspired by designs from the world's most striking quilts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.