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The Six-Pointed Star quilt from our book, PIECES of HISTORY, is now available as a Quilt Activity Kit for children!
Take a Look!
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What PBS's "Lap Quilting" hostess
GEORGIA BONESTEEL says about PIECES of HISTORY:
PIECES of HISTORY is absolutely wonderful. The style is so rich
in character. I love the way it is bound and presented. So glad
you had the talent of Jane Hall to help you...an excellent teaching
tool. Congrats on a great book.
Georgia Bonesteel
2003
Quilter's Hall of Fame Award Winner |
"Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel" UNC-TV PBS
georgiabonesteel.com
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The handbound, full color, large format
(9 in.x 14.5 in.) Deluxe Edition has been designed by Rosenberry books, etc. of archival materials.
Pieces of fabric are imbedded in the handmade-paper flyleaves.
The handmade Thai mulberry stab binding is laced with linen cord. The Somerset cotton cover stock is mouldmade in England by St. Cuthberts Mill-Inveresk PLC, and is laminated with gingham jacquard paper.
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Available in both Standard and Deluxe Editions, PIECES of HISTORY
was created in celebration of the North Carolina Museum of History's
centennial celebration, and the 25th anniversary of the North Carolina
Quilt Symposium, with the assistance of noted quilting expert Jane
Hall. Ms. Hall is the author of Precision-Pieced Quilts: Using the
Foundation Method, Firm Foundations, Hall and Haywood's Foundation
Quilts: Building on the Past and Foundation Borders Design.
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Introduction to PIECES of HISTORY
Quilts speak to us in many ways. Their beauty captivates us, and the long-ago voices we can hear whispering through their stitches intrigue us. We are drawn to their patterns—seeing symmetry and design emerge from dozens of small squares, triangles, or circles. We are drawn to their names—tripping down a Rocky Road to Kansas, dancing along with a Heel Tap and Shoe Point, or wishing upon a Blazing Star. And we are drawn to the stories they tell—of a mother who watched over her newborn as she stitched the squares she would save for almost twenty years before making them into a wedding quilt for her daughter; of women who gathered with relatives and friends to sew and sign a quilt destined to become a family heirloom; of a sixteen-year-old girl who gathered pieces of silk from family, friends, and suitors to construct the quilt she would one day hand down to a grand-daughter whose future existence she could hardly have imagined at the time.
The North Carolina Museum of History has been collecting quilts since 1926, preserving the skill and passion of generations of North Carolina needlewomen. The collection contains more than 200 pieces, including full-size quilts, cradle and doll quilts, quilt tops, backs, and individual squares, ranging in date from the first quarter of the nineteenth century to the present. From this large collection, the museum has selected twenty-five quilts made between ca. 1848 and 1974 to reproduce as patterns in this publication.
This book was produced by the museum in conjunction with the Raleigh-based Capital Quilters Guild. The patterns in Volume I were originally produced in 1979 for the first North Carolina Quilt Symposium. The patterns in Volume II were produced in 2003 in honor of the symposium's twenty-fifth anniversary. They showcase quilts the museum has collected since the first set of
patterns was published.
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PIECES of HISTORY - Standard Edition
$17.95 each
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PIECES of HISTORY - Deluxe Edition
$34.95 each
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QUILTS
in
PIECES of HISTORY
Cotton Boll
Whig Rose
Rose and Coxcomb Variation
Blazing Star Variation
Mixed T
Double T
Capital T
French Star
Single Wedding Ring
Presidential Album
North Carolina Lily
North Carolina Rose
Six-Pointed Star
Mariner's Compass
Harvest Sun
Hand of Friendship
Sunburst Variation
Basket
Heel Tap and Shoe Point
Tulip and Plume Variation
Feathered Star Variation
Rocky Road to Kansas
Sky Rocket
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FAMILIES
whose quilts are in
PIECES of HISTORY
Adner
Bailey
Blount
Caswell
Cowper
Donahue
Dority
Graham
Grimes
Hall
Harper
Harris
Hayes
Jackson
Johnston
Keebler
Kerr
Long
Lowry
Pearce
Reid
Robertson
Saintsing
Scott
Settle
Sheffield
Smith
Squire
Swain
White
Williams
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Contact Us
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Rosenberry books, etc. 101 Nicks Bend West, Pittsboro NC 27312
www.rosenberrybooks.com 1-800-723-0336
Text copyright 2003 by North Carolina Museum of History.
Illustrations copyright 2003 by Rosenberry books, etc.
Rosenberry books, etc. is a registered trademark of Rosenberry books, etc.
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