North Carolina quilts / Ellen Fickling Eanes ... [and others] ; edited by Ruth Haislip Roberson ; color photography by Mark Weinkle and Greg Plachta ; foreword by George Holt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eanes, Ellen Fickling.

Roberson, Ruth Haislip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quilts--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Quilts.

Quilts--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Quiltmakers--North Carolina--Biography.

Quiltmakers.

History.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Biographies.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xvi, 211 pages : illustrations(some color),map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1988]

Summary:

This magnificent volume features color photographs of more than 100 quilts crafted in North Carolina between the early nineteenth century and 1976. Included are chintz applique quilts, intricately pieced and appliqued quilts, crazy quilts, and examples of ingenious thrift in quilting with found and salvaged materials.

The quilts were chosen from more than 10,000 that owners brought to be recorded by the North Carolina Quilt Project during a series of statewide Quilt Documentation Days in 1985-86. Because the quilts are privately owned, many have never been seen publicly. The text presents the lives and times of the quiltmakers, accompanied by many vintage photographs from family collections. Whether these women made quilts to pass the time, warm their families, beautify their lives, or serve as symbols of love and togetherness, they used their fabric with uncommon artistry and craftsmanship.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

17728157