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NEW!
Available in shops now
Read an interview with Kathy
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My new book of antique-looking quilting patterns, Remembering
Adelia, was inspired by the diary that was kept by a young woman during the Civil War. Adelia Thomas' diary
had been locked in a trunk in a family's attic for over 100 years. I came across it at a local historical
society several years ago while I was researching photos for my last book, Prairie Children and Their Quilts.
Upon glancing through the diary, I discovered that Adelia was a quilter and I became fascinated with her journal
entries about daily life on a farm in northern Illinois in 1861, the year the Civil War broke out. I knew I had to tell her
story and design quilts to go along with it.
Remembering Adelia features a number of large
quilts as well as charming doll quilts and is full of 19th century quilting traditions. Watch for it in stores March 2009
or order your signed copy from me.
$24.99 In
stock (Signed copy. Please let me know if you would like the
book signed with your name, inscribed to you, or it will arrive only signed with my signature!)
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Look inside the book.
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What
was life like for children growing up on the prairie? Inspired by actual children’s diaries from the American frontier,
this follow-up to the bestselling American Doll Quilts gives complete and easy directions to create small, antique-style
projects as you read about the lives of pioneer children and their families. • Fourteen patterns spotlight
popular quilt designs from the nineteenth century • Projects include a signature quilt, a game-board quilt, a
schoolhouse quilt, a log cabin quilt, an African American quilt, a prairie doll apron, and a schoolgirl sampler •
See vintage photos of prairie children, and read actual diary entries from children who traveled with their parents to settle
in the West
$24.99 In
stock (Signed copy. Please let me know if you would like the
book signed with your name, inscribed to you, or it will arrive only signed with my signature!)
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OUT OF PRINT
(Digital version--E-book--available from Martingale & Co. See below.)
Celebrate the sweet, centuries-old American tradition of antique doll quilts with stories of
the past and heirlooms for the future. These simple projects will capture the charm of yesteryear for a child—or the
child within. Sixteen designs represent doll quilts made during
different periods in American history, starting with the colonial period and moving through the Civil War, the Victorian era,
the Great Depression, and World War II. Explore our country’s quilting traditions while you learn some very
basic blocks and simple piecing techniques to make simple little doll quilts much like the ones children learned to make long
ago. Create authentic-looking doll quilts for your favorite 18-inch doll or just have fun with your reproduction fabric scraps.
Projects in a range of sizes up to 20" x 22" include an embroidered medallion quilt, a crazy quilt, Civil
War era quilts and needle cases, an Amish quilt and a friendship pillow easy enough for a child to make. Also includes
information on fabrics and designs popular during the different historical periods.
American Doll Quilts--E-book
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E-mail me if you'd prefer to send a check or money order as payment for books or kits. Contact Kathy
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