Community Quilts: How to Organize, Design & Make a Group Quilt [Hardcover]

Karol Kavaya (Author), Vicki Skemp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2001

As these avid quilters discuss their motivation for joining in, they offer a beautiful how-to handbook so others can share the same joy. “The beauty of these quilts is mindblowing.” —Library Journal. “Charming... a wealth of directions... The gallery of more than 45 quilts is worthy of submission to a national contest.”—Booklist.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In the 1970s, a number of families from towns and cities all over the country moved to a rural area of North Carolina seeking a simpler lifestyle. Feeling that quilting is "what one does" in the country, several of the newcomers got together to plan a presentation quilt for a new bride. That quilt was the beginning of an association that has lasted more than 20 years and has produced close to 50 group quilts. Although this work does include three of the group's beginners' projects, it is not primarily a pattern book but rather a gallery of community quilts that includes background information, full-color photos, and working notes as well as a practical, step-by-step method for planning, organizing, and making a group quilt. In the parlance of the era, the beauty and imagination of these quilts is simply mind-blowing. Most public libraries will want this one.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

This charming book chronicles an old-fashioned, community ritual that survives in rural North Carolina: the quilting bee. Certainly there is a wealth of directions included, for organizing the sewing of a quilt, to establishing the time line, and to assembling and using the quilting frame. The authors feature two patterns easy for the beginner, accompanied by suggestions for variations that will interject imagination into the project. The gallery of more than 45 quilts is the book's centerpiece. Sentiments aside, many of the quilts are worthy of submission to a national contest, whether the quilt is crawling with cats or emblazoned with butterflies. Barbara Jacobs
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579901816
• ISBN-13: 978-1579901813
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Community Quilts, February 18, 2001

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Candace A, Rice (Marshall, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Community Quilts: How to Organize, Design & Make a Group Quilt (Hardcover)

This unique book records 25 years of quilting by a special group of women who live in a close knit community in rural North Carolina. These quilts were made for friends and neighbors, births and anniversarys, marriages and moving away. They are works of art. CQ gives much insight into the planning and production of these quilts and the recipients pleasure in receiving them. If you are interested in knowing just how to put a quilt together, this book will help you step by step. The group actually made a quilt to demonstrate for the book. The quilt will be donated to raise money for a new county library. The beautiful color photos and heartwarming stories make this book very appealing to quilters and others alike.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strength is in the sharing of a sense of community., March 7, 2001

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Jane Peebles (Asheville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Community Quilts: How to Organize, Design & Make a Group Quilt (Hardcover)

While the "how-to" part of this book is important and useful, I especially like the sense of community that is communicated by the numerous quotes. (I would have enjoyed even more quotes.) The photographs in the book are beautiful, and the quality of the paper (it's nice and heavy) ensures that the book can withstand lots of use.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A BEAUTIFUL BOOK, March 18, 2001

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Eleanor Wolf (SAINT PETERSBURG, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Community Quilts: How to Organize, Design & Make a Group Quilt (Hardcover)

Although I am a "child of the city", I must say that this elegant book gives me some pause. Not in this lifetime, but perhaps in the next, I will be fortunate enough to find myself among such lovely people doing such lovely things. See for yourself!