American Quilts and How To Make Them Author:Carter Houck & Myron Miller From the inside flap) — This book illustrates 42 old patchwork quilts which are based on traditional patterns, but each one is unique because of some variation introduced by it's maker. They can be copied from the exact patterns which are provided here for each design and put together by following the directions on quilting. Useful advice on the ... more »care and preservation of quilts, both old and new, is also included.
Carter Houck is a skillful needle-woman and co-author of Betty Crocker's Good and Easy Sewing. Myron Miller is a professional photographer. Together, they visited historical houses, museums and restorations from Connecticut to North Carolina and photographed the quilts, in nearly every case, as they are now displayed in period rooms. They have provided a short history of each building, so that this book is a single guide to a number of collections which are neither large nor famous but well worth visiting.
The quilts themselves are beautiful examples of one of America's most treasured heritaqes and should inspire today's workers to reproduce them with loving care and skill.« less