Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past [Hardcover]

Gail Bakkom (Author), Jean arlton (Author), Greg Winter (Photographer), Lee Sandberg (Photographer), Helen Kelley (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 30, 2005

Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past is a unique treasury of exceptional quilts, fascinating quilters, and their stories from the Minnesota Quilt Project, whose members traveled the state for nearly twenty years, photographing and documenting quilts and interviewing quiltmakers. The result is a collection as varied and expressive as the makers themselves. From early pioneer days to the 1970s, these quilts, showcased in glorious full-color photographs, span a significant era of Minnesota and reflect our distinctive heritage. Whether you’re a quilter or someone who has a love of quilts and their history, this collection of Minnesota’s extraordinary patchworks will help you create connections with your past.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Midwest Home & Garden, August 2005 (circ.: 65,235)

“A beautifully photographed book. The culmination of 18 years of work by members of the Minnesota Quilters Association Project.”

 

St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 28, 2005 (circ.: 190,374)

“Colorful and diverse tale of Minnesota’s history.”

The Bookworm Sez, Summer 2005 (circ. unavailable)

“Minnesota Quilts is filled with color pictures of the artistry that The Minnesota Quilt Project documented, and some of those quilts are jaw-dropping in their intricacy.”

 

About the Author

Greg Winter

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Voyageur Press; First Edition edition (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896580792
• ISBN-13: 978-0896580794
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable treasury of one-of-a-kind quilts and the stories of the quilters who made them, July 5, 2005

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Greg Winter's Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections With Our Past is a remarkable treasury of one-of-a-kind quilts and the stories of the quilters who made them. Lee Sandberg's full-color photography throughout reveals each quilt's unique features, from a quilt incorporating pages from an alphabet book to Irish Chain Quilts to cross-stitch quilts and more. The text explores the connections that quilts and quilting brought among individuals, families, and friends, as well as the histories of individual quilts and fascinating vignettes of those who owned the quilts destined to become museum pieces. A beautiful collection and the perfect giftbook for quilters of all skill and experience levels, whether as a source for inspiration or just a breathtaking assembly of style and originality that is most enjoyable to simply page through.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Minnesota Quilts -- wonderful historical read, March 21, 2006

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Teresa A. Okeson Prater "patches_gizmo" (Cottage Grove, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past (Hardcover)

What a great book. It was well organized. My only sorrow was that I wish some of the quilts had patterns included because I loved them so much! The photos are wonderful, the history is even better. I definitely give this book a 5-star rating.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Minnesota's beautiful quilt heritage, October 2, 2005

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Susan Feathers (Iowa) - See all my reviews
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From the breathtaking cover to the final page, "Minnesota Quilts" is simply marvelous. Many books have been written about state quilt searches; I worked on several of the searches as a photographer and really appreciate the beautiful way the quilts are depicted and displayed.