LONE STARS III

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Karoline Patterson Bresenhan is the founder and president of Quilts Inc. which produces International Quilt Festival the largest U.S. quilt event and International Quilt Market the worlds only trade show for the quilting industry.From frontier times in the Republic of Texas until today Texans have been making gorgeous quilts. Karoline Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy OBryant Puentes documented the first 150 years of the states rich heritage of quilt art in citeLone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts 18361936/cite and citeLone Stars II: A Legacy of Texas Quilts 19361986/cite. Now in citeLone Stars III/cite they bring the Texas quilt story into the twentyfirst century presenting two hundred traditional and art quilts that represent the best of the best quilts created since 1986./The quilts in citeLone Stars III/cite display the explosion of creativity that has transformed quilting over the last quarter century. Some of the quilts tell stories create landscapes record events and memorialize people. Others present abstract designs that celebrate form and color. Their makers have embraced machine quilting as well as hand sewing and they often embellish their quilts with buttons beads lace ribbon and even more exotic items. Each quilt is pictured in its entirely and some entries also include photographs of quilt details. The accompanying text describes the quilts creation its maker and its physical details./With 16.3 million American quilters who spend $3.6 billion annually on their pastime the quilting community has truly become a force to reckon with both artistically and socially. citeLone Stars III/cite is the perfect introduction to this world of creativity./ul lAcknowledgments/l lA Quarter Century of Change/l lSearching for Texas Quilts in the Digital Age/l lTexas Quilts: Bridging the Millennium/l lThe Quiltsul l citeCaptain Tom A Tall Texan/cite/l l citeReflections at Sunset/cite/l l citeSpiral Progression/cite/l l citePulse Star/cite/l l citePrincess Feather and Rose of Sharon/cite/l l citeExpectations #4: Mixed Emotions/cite/l l cite6 x 6 Comes Up Roses/cite/l l citeI See the Moon/cite/l l citeKing of Hearts/cite/l l citeWalking on Shaky Ground: Head Series IV /cite/l l citeElizabethan Woods/cite/l l citeStorm Warning/cite/l l citeEnchanted Garden/cite/l l citeLegacy/cite/l l citeBotanica/cite/l l citeContour of My Heart (Joes Quilt)/cite/l l citeMy Stars! Its a Baltimore!!/cite/l l citeLes Amis (Friends)/cite/l l citeOnce Upon a Time/cite/l l citeIn God We Trust/cite/l l citeSeasons in Silhouette/cite/l l citeTexas Triumph/cite/l l citePiece Quiet/cite/l l citeThe Pheasant/cite/l l citeGermination/cite/l l citePenelopes Garden/cite/l l citeSummer Flowers/cite/l l cite

Data Publikacji: 2011-09-15
Wymiary: 298 mm 210 mm 38 mm 2155 gr