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The Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated

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The Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated covers all aspects of quilting from materials and patterns to history and uses. It teaches you how to quilt, showing the many quilting options available to today's quilter - patchwork, whole cloth and applique for bed covers, clothing and decorating are just the beginning. Detailed in the book is the history of quilting through many different cultures, including the reasons quilting began and how it developed. The illustrations and photographs are not only beautiful, but supportive of the text and inspiration for many projects. If you enjoy quilting and want to know more about the how and why of the art of quilting, this book can take you to that next level.

The Quilt Encyclopedia
by Carter Houck




The Quilt Encyclopedia is a lush art book with premium paper, printing,
photography and content. 8 1/2 x 11, 145 pages, 266 illustrations, 200
full color photos. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Forward by Robert
Bishop and Elizabeth Warren, Copyright Museum of American Folk Art,
isbn 0-8109, 1457-4.

Although this volume qualifies as a coffee table/art book, it is so much
more than that. Carter Houck needs no introduction, she is known to the
quilt world and the art world alike. She knows everything and writes like
a dream with no pretense or self serving. What can I say, the book is just
plain beautiful. A joy to have, hold and savor in small doses or large gulps.

It contains excellent information on every quilting topic under the sun,
with illustrations and photography: pithy but comprehensive and just enough
to whet your appetite if the subject matter needs more in depth plumbing for your particular purposes.

There is nothing cute or trendy about this book, it is a reference book for
serious quilters and collectors. It has stood the test of time being a decade old, but its age does not show. It is, of course, pre longarm quilting and some of the gadgets and videos so prevalent today.

If you are committed to quilting and/or collecting this book is a must have.


Catherine Smith
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